Crown lengthening in the esthetic zone

Crown lengthening in the esthetic zone is a prosthodontically designed and surgically executed procedure that must only be considered after careful restorative and surgical treatment planning, including a detailed smile analysis, clinical and radiographic evaluation of the quality of soft and hard tissues, and selection of the appropriate approach for each individual case. The presented techniques are modifications of the original conventional surgical approach, where longer healing periods may have been required and loss of papilla height or fullness is of concern. Recognition of the advantages and disadvantages of each technique should increase predictability and success in interdisciplinary smile enhancement therapy.