Note red, swollen inflamed gumline associated with old crowns. This patient was referred for crown lengthening surgery. It was my opinion that once the poor fitting crown margins were addressed that crown lengthening surgery would possibly not be indicated.
Left photo was of tissue two months after just smoothing the margins of the existing crowns. The right picture is 6 months later after well fitting provisional (temporary) crowns were placed.
The photograph was after final crowns were fabricated with NO Surgery performed.
Dr. Zablotsky is a Sacramento periodontist, providing conservative treatment of periodontal diseases as well as dental implants.
