Surgical crown lengthening procedure
Surgical crown lengthening procedure
An ideal prosthesis such as the inlay, the implant crown or the multi-surface dental filling should always end above the gum and should be easy to clean. These are indispensable for the gum surrounding the prosthesis to perfectly stick to the tooth surface - this way, irritation, inflammation and dental pocket formation is evitable.
When is it necessary?
The crown lengthening surgery is necessary if the renovated part (either an inlay or a multi-surface dental filling) would find its way below the gum’s level after cavity removal or drilling. In less severe cases, only a slight correction is done on the gum with an electric device but in other anatomic circumstances we need to perform a dental crown lengthening a.k.a. a ‘root releasing’ surgery.
How is it done?
This surgery is performed using local anesthesia and is totally painless. After the incision of the gum, we remove a few millimeters from the bone tissue near the crown. Then, we lay back and stitch the gum tissue that we finely pulled before. Following the recovery (4-6 weeks), we can finally make a well-fitting prosthesis that ends above the gum level and is ideal to clean.