title: Diagnosis and treatment planning for predictable gingival correction of altered passive eruption.
abstract: While the need to maintain a dry operative field has traditionally caused complications during various soft tissue surgical procedures, the use of bipolar electrosurgical techniques can eliminate this need, thus increasing the clinician's ability to deliver predictable, long-term results. This case presentation describes how to determine the presence of passive eruption, treatment plan its correction, and surgically alter the gingiva to provide a more aesthetic smile. ncisal edge. * Be aware of how to surgically correct using bipolar electrosurgery.
authors.affiliation: drimplants@aol.com
authors.forename: Gregori M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
authors.forename: Lee H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Silverstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004598:Electrosurgery; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005890:Gingivectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005893:Gingivoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012904:Smiling; D014078:Tooth Eruption