Nowadays, the use of Botulinum toxin in dentistry is expanding to treat many medical and dental conditions which do not have complete treatment modalities in conventional ways. The botulinum toxin can be used as an alternative treatment modality working through chemo denervation method in many medical and dental conditions with less time, cost and doses.
This lecture sheds the light on such nonconventional methods in treating the excessive gingival display which can now be performed by the uses of botulinum toxin with new techniques that fit with the patient’s requirements.
A smile is considered to be the most attractive facial feature, so the “excessive gingiva exposure” or “gummy smile” is one of the most important criteria in smile design. And there are many treatment modalities including surgical and non-surgical procedures.
In this lecture we will discuss the non-surgical procedures with botulinum toxin and my own technique (Joy technique) which is considered safe, easy to be monitored, conservative and reversible.
