Figure 1.

The clinical photographs of our case. (A) The intraoral photograph showing unesthetic, short clinical crowns of the anterior teeth. (B) Chu's proportion gauge tip revealing undesirable ratio of teeth #13 to #23. (C) Ideal positioned gingival zenith was marked on patient's soft tissues. (D) Gingivectomy was then performed using Er:YAG laser to achieve the ideal gingival margin. (E) After gingivectomy, bone sounding was performed showing the exposure of the osseous crest at the newly positioned gingival margin. (F) The laser tip was marked 3 mm in length, followed by bone tissue removal by ErL irradiation. Using this marking as a reference, the laser tip was apically advanced by 3 mm during the bone contouring procedure to achieve precise bone reduction. (G) No suturing was required, since it was done flaplessly. (H) Follow up at 3 months and (I) One-year post-operation intraoral photograph presenting stable results with healthy periodontal tissues.