GUMMY SMILE.

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#1 Post by **SNAGGLEbeGONE** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:25 am

DOES ANYONE HAVE A GUMMY SMILE?
I HAVE ONE, AND I'LL BE GETTING BRACED ON MAY 18TH.
I'M THINKING THAT AFTER I GET MY BRACES OFF IN WHO KNOWS HOW LONG, THAT I MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE I HAVE A GUMMY SMILE.. IT'S NOT OVERLY GUMMY. JUST SLIGHTLY.

SO. DOES ANYONE HAVE A GUMMY SMILE THAT IS HAPPY WITH THERE SMILE NOW THAT THEY HAVE STRAIGHT TEETH?

I DONT' KNOW IF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE. I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF TEETH LATELY, AND THIS CAME INTO MIND.

#2 Post by **Andromeda** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:04 pm

Well I'm not done with treatment yet but almost (just another month or 2 yet) and I had a gummy smile to start with. I heard orthodontics can treat the gummy smile sometimes but mine seems to have gotten worse. My front teeth all needed to be pulled down some, especially my canines which were up way too high, so now there's even more gum showing. I'm going to wait and see what my smile looks like once the braces come off and if I don't like it I am really considering getting the laser gum contouring where they laser off some of the gum tissue. I think it's kind of expensive though and I'd need it on all the teeth in my top arch so we'll see.

#3 Post by **SNAGGLEbeGONE** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:45 pm

IT GOT WORSE?! OH MAAN.
YAH. I WAS READING ABOUT THAT STUFF THEY CAN DO TO YOUR GUMS.
BUT THAN I THINK I WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE MYSELF.
LIKE YOU. I'LL WAIT UNTIL I FIRST GET THEM ON, HEHE. AND THEN I'LL WAIT UNTIL I GET THEM OFF. TO SEE IF I LOVE MY SMILE. I'LL WORK FROM THERE... I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I HAD A 3RD LIP IN PICTURES OR SOMETHING. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE ELSE WAS SELF CONSCIENCE (sp) ABOUT THAT ON TOP OF THEIR NOT SO STRAIGHT TEETH. YOU KNOW?

#4 Post by **Andromeda** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:30 pm

I like how you said you felt like you had a "third lip" bc that's really what it's like. I can control it if I don't smile really wide but it sucks because if I am really happy then I want to smile my normal smile and not worry about what it looks like - especially after I get my braces off. I don't want to STILL be self conscious about smiling after all this time/money/pain to have straight teeth.

I think the braces sort of cover up most of my teeth though so the gums look way more prominent with the braces on. I heard a lot of people when they first get their braces off think that their teeth look huge (bc they've been covered up for so long) so I'm hoping that will be the case with me too.

#5 Post by **Megan11** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:14 pm

Don't hide your smile! I actually find smiles that are more "gummier" attractive. I wish more of my gums showed when I smile, luckily my braces are starting to change that. Before you could not see any of my gums at all and It made my teeth look really small.

We all want what we don't have, right?