NCT06830434

Aesthetic Crown Lengthening: Laser Impact on Pain Perception and Perceptions on Self-esteem and Quality of Life

Aesthetic Crown Lengthening: Laser Impact on Pain Perception and Surgery Impact on Self-esteem and Quality of Life Perceptions

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Campinas, Brazil · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Gummy smile is a condition that promotes a disharmonious smile, altering confidence and decreasing self-esteem of many patients. Luckily, this problem in most cases is easily solved by aesthetic crown lengthening surgery. However, this is a surgery that is still considered by many patients to be painful and uncomfortable. Thereby, this study seeks both to evaluate possible changes in patients' self-esteem and self-confidence after the aesthetic crown lengthening surgery.

Detailed description

Periodontally healthy patients who expressed interest in undergoing ACL will be selected. Before surgery, two questionnaires will be administered: the OHIP-14/Brazil and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale-UNIFESP/EPM. These tools are designed to assess patients' perceptions of self-esteem and quality of life and will be re-administered 30 days and one year after surgery.

Conditions

• Crown Lengthening
• Pain Postoperative
• Self Concept

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Crown lengthening surgery	Following clinical and radiographic examinations and thorough case planning, surgical procedures were performed under local anesthesia by a single operator. After anesthesia, the distance from the gingival margin to the cementoenamel junction will be measured, and these values will be transferred to the gingival tissue to guide the procedure. Excess gingival tissue will be excised, and, when necessary, an osteotomy will be performed to re-establish the supracrestal attachment tissues.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-20
• Primary completion: 2021-09-20
• Completion: 2022-03-20
• First posted: 2025-02-17
• Last updated: 2025-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil