{"id":2366,"date":"2016-02-18T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T21:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2022-03-03T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T03:39:16","slug":"finding-a-dentist-who-can-make-a-gingival-mask-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/finding-a-dentist-who-can-make-a-gingival-mask-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding a dentist who can make a gingival mask for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Hall,<br \/>\nI am suffering from periodontal disease. I have searched for a cosmetic dentist that does gingival masks in my area and haven&#8217;t found one. Would you have any idea what I should search for? <\/p>\n<p>My gums have receded a lot, so I have large black triangles between my front teeth. And then I and am scheduled for gum surgery in the near future which is going to make them look worse. It&#8217;s a very unsightly thing and seems to be getting worse, and I think a gingival mask would help a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Also, have you seen gums come back to fill these triangles in after gum surgery, seems the future of my once nice smile is in jeopardy. I just want to be able to smile confidently again, any help would be greatly appreciated.<br \/>\nThank you,<br \/>\nMike from Michigan<\/p>\n<p>(See Dr. Hall&#8217;s answer below.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-post-content\">\n<div class=\"post-left-column\">\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">We thank our advertisers who help fund this site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Square for mns blog - 2020 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4419877247826466\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6484616093\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-right-column\">\n<p>Mike,<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the thing on gingival masks. Even cosmetic dentists who do a lot of appearance-related dentistry don&#8217;t get calls for them very often, so they&#8217;re very unlikely to mention them on their websites. And if you call the office, the receptionist is likely to not know what you are talking about. But any dentist who is seriously into aesthetic dentistry is going to be able to do this for you and do a nice job.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/gingival-mask.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gingival mask<\/a> is fairly simple. It&#8217;s simply a piece of silicone shaped to fit over these black triangles between your front teeth and colored to look like gum tissue. It has little tags that slip through those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/cosmetic\/black_triangles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">black triangles<\/a> and help anchor it into place.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2368\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/gingival-mask.jpg\" alt=\"gingival mask prosthesis\" width=\"640\" height=\"324\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/gingival-mask.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/gingival-mask-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gingival mask photo courtesy of Chromeworks Lab, Chico, CA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Silicone is used in dentistry for several purposes&mdash;soft denture liners for one. So any dental lab that does dentures should be able to make them. And all the dentist has to do is send a good plaster model to the dental lab. So any dentist who is really into cosmetic dentistry should be able to make this.<\/p>\n<p>So my suggestion would be to simply make an appointment with any cosmetic dentist that I recommend on this website, and I&#8217;m confident they could do this for you.<\/p>\n<p>And no, your gum is not going to grow back. Sometimes this may be able to be corrected surgically, but that can be tricky and will work in limited circumstances. The gingival mask prosthesis however will address the aesthetics of your situation, if you have a high lip line that shows your gums. If the black triangles aren&#8217;t too large, you could widen the teeth at the gumline with dental bonding. But if you have large black triangles as you say you have, that would give you long teeth with odd shapes, but a gingival mask will make the teeth look shorter and will completely cover the black triangles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Hall<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a comment or anything else to add? We&#8217;d love to hear from you. Enter your comment below. Or click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/askdr.htm\">ask Dr. Hall a question.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: currentColor; width: 450px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mynewsmile.com&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Hall, I am suffering from periodontal disease. 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