A gummy or uneven gumline can hide a smile that is already beautiful underneath. Cosmetic gum shaping at Annapolis Dental Center in Annapolis uses gentle laser contouring to reveal more of your natural teeth, often in one comfortable visit.
The Frame Around Your Teeth
Teeth get all the attention, but your smile reads as teeth PLUS gums. When the gums ride too low, cover too much of the enamel, or trace an uneven line from left to right, even perfectly straight and white teeth look off. Cosmetic gum contouring adjusts that frame with millimeter precision.
We sculpt with a dental laser rather than a blade: gentler on tissue, dramatically less bleeding, and fast healing. For many patients, this one service does more for the smile’s overall balance than whitening or alignment alone could. It pairs naturally before porcelain veneers, so the entire smile redesign reads as one coherent piece.
- Gummy smile correction
- Uneven left-to-right gumlines
- Revealing more of your natural enamel
- Laser accuracy with minimal downtime
A Considered, One-Visit Change
From mapping to reveal
Smile Mapping
We photograph and measure your gumline against your teeth and face, drawing the intended line before anything is touched.
Anesthesia and Laser
The area is thoroughly numbed, then the laser traces the mapped contour exactly, cauterizing gently as it reshapes.
Immediate Reveal
You see the balanced gumline before you leave the chair, and the laser healing window is typically just a few days.
Optional Smile Completion
Where veneers or whitening belong in the final plan, we sequence them to land on your new proportions.
When Gum Shaping Is the Missing Piece
If you have ever bleached, straightened, or whitened and still felt like something was off, the frame may have been the issue all along. A gumline that sits unevenly next to otherwise beautiful teeth creates shadow tricks no whitening gel can fix.
The same service also rescues previous dental work whose gum frame never settled aesthetically, and it resolves the classic “my smile looks gummy” complaint in one visit. Tell us where the miss is and we will measure what the gumline can contribute.
- When previous cosmetic work still reads “not quite”
- Gummy smiles and uneven gum frames
- Short-looking teeth that deserve more display
- Designed with veneers when both are in the plan
Esthetics Measured, Not Guessed
Mapped Before We Start
A drawn design, not improvisation at the chair. You approve the frame before it exists.
Laser Precision
Soft-tissue lasers contour without sutures in most cases, which means faster healing and more comfort.
Whole-Smile Thinking
Gums, teeth, lips, face. Dr. Dele’s fine-art training informs every line we draw.
Quick Recovery
Most patients return to normal life within a couple of days, with an immediate visible result.