Treatments / Gum health / Laser gum recontouring
Laser gum recontouring
Laser-assisted reshaping of the gum line considered after periodontal assessment.
Could this treatment help you?
Sometimes the teeth are fine and it is the gumline that unbalances a smile — showing too much when you smile, or sitting unevenly so teeth look different lengths. Gum recontouring reshapes that line, exposing more of the tooth where the gum sits low.
It is precise, small-scale work, often planned alongside whitening, bonding or veneers so the frame and the teeth are designed together.
This may suit you if
A gummy smile, an uneven gumline, or one tooth that looks short because gum covers it. The assessment checks the gum is healthy first — recontouring is cosmetic shaping, not gum disease treatment.
What it will not do
How much gum can safely be reshaped is set by the bone beneath it — taken too far, a gumline does not stay where it is put. The assessment establishes the honest limit for your smile, and where the cause is something else, such as how the lip moves, you are told so.
- Evens the gumline and rebalances short-looking teeth
- Precise and small-scale, with quick healing
- Planned together with any cosmetic work that follows
- Step 1AssessmentGum health checked and the safe new line agreed with you.
- Step 2PlanningThe new gumline is mapped against the smile you want.
- Step 3ReshapingThe gum is recontoured under local anaesthetic.
- Step 4ReviewHealing is checked before any cosmetic work continues.
Afterwards
Expect mild soreness for a few days, managed with ordinary painkillers and gentle brushing at the site. The final line settles as healing completes, which is why any veneer or bonding work waits for it.
Questions patients usually ask.
Does gum recontouring hurt?
It is done under local anaesthetic and the sites are small; most patients report a few days of mild soreness rather than pain.
Will the gum grow back?
Not when the reshaping respects the bone beneath — which is exactly what the planning is for. An over-ambitious line is the one that rebounds, and that is why the safe limit is set first.
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