title: Untangle lip through Z-plasty.
abstract: An aberrant frenum causes gingival recession either due to an interference in the plaque control or due to a muscle pull. It also presents an aesthetic problem and may compromise the orthodontic result in midline diastema cases, thus causing a recurrence after the treatment. The management of such an aberrant frenum is accomplished by performing a frenectomy. The present case report shows the removal of the abnormal maxillary labial frenum in a 26-year-old male patient and an 18-year-old female patient through the Z-plasty technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Jolly
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Career Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Amitandra Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, FODS KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Charanjit Singh
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Saimbi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007742:Labial Frenum / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D013518:Surgery, Plastic