BY POPULAR DEMAND – THE GUMMY SMILE MASTERCLASS
The Gummy Smile ranks among the most confusing and challenging Tox treatment areas for practitioners. This Masterclass covers everything you need to treat this area with confidence.
As with all FACES Education courses, this program is 100% predicated on the most up to date literature and scientific data.
You’ll learn:
The 3 Types of Gummy Smiles
Which Gummy Smiles Are Treatable with Tox (and which are not)
Essential Anatomy
Dosing Algorithms
How and Exactly Where to Inject
Adverse Event Avoidance and Management
Created for both medical and dental professionals, this course is your definitive guide to treating the Gummy Smile.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Identify the different types of gummy smiles and their underlying causes
Determine which gummy smiles can be treated with Tox and when alternative approaches are necessary
Describe the relevant facial anatomy, including the lip elevator muscles and adjacent structures
Discuss the dosing algorithm and how it's tailored to each patient's needs to optimize esthetic outcomes.
Describe proper injection techniques, including location and depth
This course provides 3 PACE Approved credits (Subject Codes: 010, 317 and 310)
This module covers the 10 features that define the ideal smile.
This module focuses on classifying gummy smiles and their causes, including vertical maxillary excess, altered passive eruption, and excessive gingival display. The importance of documentation is covered, including capturing both posed and spontaneous smiles to understand the severity of the issue. Finally, a basic overview of tooth anatomy is presented for non-dental injectors to aid in further discussions of treatment.
This module provides a deep dive into the three main types of gummy smiles:
Vertical maxillary excess: caused by excessive upper jaw growth
Altered passive eruption: excess gum tissue covering the teeth
Muscular excessive gingival display: hyperactive lip elevator muscles
It covers how to identify the cause of a gummy smile through careful examination and patient history, including the importance of referring to a dentist if necessary.
Limitations of tox as a Gummy Smile treatment are reviewed, especially in cases of altered passive eruption and posterior excessive gingival display where it can lead to undesirable outcomes. It concludes by highlighting other potential causes of short teeth that may be mistaken for altered passive eruption.
This module delves into the anatomy of the lip elevator muscles involved in a gummy smile as well as local anatomical structures. Comprehensive understanding of this anatomy is essential to delivering consistent and esthetic results.
This module focuses on how and what to measure as well as how to document a patient's gummy smile. This information is required to determine the appropriate treatment strategy. The dosing algorithm and its calculation is outlined. Companion pdf’s are included.
This module provides a comprehensive guide on injection techniques for treating gummy smiles with botulinum toxin. It includes a step by step video injection tutorial, it covers the injection site rationale, pain gating techniques and trouble shooting tips.
Actual case before and after photos are reviewed.
This module covers the complications and side effects that can arise from treating gummy smiles with botulinum toxin. It breaks these issues down into two main categories and also addresses concerns related to accidental intranasal and intraoral injections.
This module offers practical guidance on patient management and key takeaways for successfully treating gummy smiles