Some people have never known a different gumline, and only start asking about it as adults. If you are in Tyndall Park and your gums have always seemed to sit low on your teeth, this explanation is for you.
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Teeth do not always emerge from under the gum as fully as they could. Natural tooth structure can remain partly covered after eruption, leaving teeth looking shorter or squarer even though nothing has gone wrong and nothing has changed.
That is one possibility among several, and it cannot be confirmed from a mirror. At our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg, your dentist looks for the enamel below the tissue to see how much tooth is really there, then explains what the findings could mean for you.
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A low gumline you have lived with for years does not mean you failed to look after your teeth.
Measuring shows where the enamel sits under the tissue, and how much of it the gum is covering.
You do not need a new problem or a particular reason to want this explained.
Where gum is in fact sitting over natural tooth, one of two approaches may be raised, depending largely on where the bone lies.
With enough distance between bone and the planned margin, selected tissue can be taken away or reshaped using a laser or other exact instrument.
Where the bone has stayed close to the gum, uncovering more tooth typically means surgical access, possibly reshaping bone, and fixing the gum at a planned height.
Your dentist will tell you if the cause seems to lie elsewhere, such as wear, lip movement or jaw position, since those call for other conversations.
You may never have discussed this with a dentist. Here is how the topic can be opened and worked through.
Request your visitExplain that this is how your gums have always looked, or say if you think something has changed. Both pieces of information are worth having.
Your dentist identifies where the natural crown ends and the root begins below the gum, and takes photos to compare one tooth against another.
Tissue thickness gets assessed, and the supporting bone is examined, with sounding or imaging used where its location is uncertain.
You hear whether change is possible and what it would involve. Choosing to leave things exactly as they are is a perfectly valid outcome.
Looking through pictures from earlier years may help you decide whether your gumline has always looked this way or has shifted over time. Either way, it gives your dentist a useful starting point.
Tell the clinic what you would like to discuss when you book, so that the conversation about your gums is not a surprise.
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After years of living with your smile, it can feel strange to raise it at all. You can begin with just a question, and local anaesthetic would keep the area comfortable if you later choose treatment.
A first conversation can stay small, such as simply asking whether your gumline is typical.
Ask your dentist to show you where the proposed margin would sit, compared with the one you know.
How sore you are after treatment relates to the number of teeth and whether bone needed attention.
Getting used to something new
Your teeth may look different the moment the tissue is changed, and early healing can look messy, with redness or swelling. Avoid forming your opinion of the contour during those first few days.
Your diet, rinsing, cleaning and medication directions are written around protecting the healing tissue.
This is where closure and plaque control are examined, and where sutures are taken out if you had them.
Tissue matures gradually, so the way you see your smile may keep changing as it does.
If you are uneasy about anything during healing, phone the clinic at (204) 338-3003.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Tyndall Park is in Winnipeg, and residents can have this looked at when they visit Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg.
A staff member follows up with you after a form comes in, and your appointment is set only at that point.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about gum contouring in Tyndall Park.
Ask our teamNatural tooth structure may stay partly hidden even after a tooth has come in. Your dentist can check for this by locating the enamel boundary under the gum.
Being an adult does not by itself rule this out. Suitability rests on your gum health, tooth proportions and supporting bone, which an assessment can determine.
A prominent gumline is a matter of appearance and does not tell you much about health on its own. If you are concerned, ask for your gums to be examined at the same visit.
Careful measuring gives an answer that a mirror cannot. The process compares neighbouring teeth and finds the point where crown gives way to root.
Certainly. Plenty of people simply want to understand why their smile looks the way it does, and any choice about treatment can come later or not at all.
Assessments happen on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg. Call (204) 338-3003 or send the form here, and the clinic will contact you about an appointment.
Depending on what your dentist finds, you may also want to read about these treatments for tooth shape and proportion.
Learn how conservative tooth reshaping in Winnipeg can smooth small chips, uneven edges or minor shape differences, including candidacy and enamel limits.
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Explore serviceHave an urgent concern? Call (204) 338-3003 to discuss availability.
Wondered about this for years?
Make a request for a gumline assessment at our Winnipeg clinic. You will be contacted by the clinic to choose a time.
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