Teeth not visible behind upper lip

Kazuma

Hello all!

Just a quick post here to ask if this is a common thing, or if there's any corrective solution to it here in Ireland - I'll ask with my dentist next time I have a visit, but thought it couldn't hurt to ask on boards

I've always been a little uncomfortable about my smile, but reached a tipping point lately with one too many people telling me to smile in photos - no matter how I attempt to smile/contort my face, my upper lip just doesn't rise above my teethline (new word :pac:). Normally my upper lip is about a half centimeter below the bottom of my teeth, and rises up to the teeth when I try to smile, but no further. This gives me a sort of a strange, toothless looking grimace - as a result I usually smile with my mouth closed.

Looking at it more closely, in terms of proportion, my upper teeth seem to end at the point where other people's teeth begin - I have much less space/jaw between the base of my nose and the top of my teeth.

Hoping I'm explaining this correctly, but not sure. Just want to know if other people have come across this, or if there's any way to correct this - I'd assume it would be an expensive, painful surgery, but it's something that's bothered me for a long time.

Thanks!

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possibly you have a long lip or short teeth. short teeth can be corrected with veneers, crowns or braces. A long lip is harder to correct. Difficult to tell online but an assessment with a dentist or prosthodontist would give you the answers.

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Kazuma

Maximo Bumpy Finch wrote: »

possibly you have a long lip or short teeth. short teeth can be corrected with veneers, crowns or braces. A long lip is harder to correct. Difficult to tell online but an assessment with a dentist or prosthodontist would give you the answers.

Maximo Bumpy Finch

Thanks Maximo Bumpy Finch!

I'll follow up on this with the dentist and see where to go from there.

Kaz