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Crown lengthening guides, by subject
16 guides written from published clinical guidance and market pricing. Start with the cost question or go straight to the procedure.
Cost and insurance
What the surgery costs per tooth and per smile, what the fee includes, and how dental insurance changes the number.
Crown Lengthening Cost Per Tooth: 2026 US Ranges
What crown lengthening costs per tooth, why the first tooth costs more than the second, how tooth position changes the fee, and what a quote should include.
Does Insurance Cover Crown Lengthening? What to Ask
When dental insurance covers crown lengthening, why aesthetic cases are usually excluded, how the annual maximum works, and how to get a pre-treatment estimate.
The procedure
What crown lengthening is, how gum and bone are recontoured, and how it differs from a gingivectomy or a laser gum lift.
Aesthetic Crown Lengthening: Smile Design and Real Limits
How aesthetic crown lengthening evens a gummy smile, who is a candidate, what it costs and when veneers are the better plan.
Crown Lengthening for a Crown: Why and When It Is Needed
Why a dentist sends you for crown lengthening before a crown, how much tooth a crown needs, and when extraction is the better call.
Crown Lengthening for a Gummy Smile: Who It Helps
A gummy smile has several causes. Crown lengthening helps when excess gum or high bone covers the teeth — and fails when the lip or jaw is the cause.
Crown Lengthening Surgery: What Happens, Step by Step
A step-by-step walkthrough of crown lengthening surgery: consultation, anaesthesia, flap, bone recontour, sutures and the healing milestones before a crown.
Crown Lengthening vs Gingivectomy: What's the Difference?
Gingivectomy removes gum only; crown lengthening may also reshape bone. How the two differ in candidates, cost, healing and the risk of the gum growing back.
Laser Crown Lengthening: What a Laser Can and Can't Do
Laser crown lengthening is a soft-tissue procedure. It cannot remove bone, so it only works when the bone level is already correct. Cost, candidates and limits.
What Is Crown Lengthening? Gum, Bone and the 3 mm Rule
Crown lengthening exposes more of a tooth by reshaping gum and sometimes bone. What the procedure does, why the 3 mm rule matters and when it is recommended.
Recovery and aftercare
The first 48 hours, the suture visit, the two-week checkpoint and the habits that protect the new gum line.
Crown Lengthening Recovery: A Day-by-Day Timeline
Crown lengthening recovery: the first 48 hours, the suture visit, the two-week checkpoint, diet and hygiene rules, and when to call.
Crown Lengthening Risks: Complications and Warning Signs
The real risks of crown lengthening: bleeding, infection, recession, black triangles, sensitivity, gum rebound, root damage and the signs that need a call.
When it is needed
Short crowns, deep margins, gummy smiles, cracked teeth and the cases where extraction may be the better answer.
Crown Lengthening for Short Teeth: What Actually Helps
Short teeth can come from excess gum, a high bone level, wear or small tooth size. When crown lengthening helps — and what to do instead.
Extraction and Bone Graft vs Crown Lengthening
When saving the tooth with crown lengthening makes sense, when extraction and a bone graft is the better plan, and how the costs and timelines compare.
When Is Crown Lengthening Needed? 7 Real Indications
When crown lengthening is necessary: fractures below the gum, deep decay, short crowns, old margins and gummy smiles — plus when to extract.
Choosing a periodontist
How to compare practices, read a quote, prepare for a consultation and find a provider near you.
Crown Lengthening Near Me: How to Find a Periodontist
How to find a periodontist who performs crown lengthening near you, what to check before booking, the questions to ask and the red flags in a quote.
How to Choose a Periodontist for Crown Lengthening
How to compare periodontists for crown lengthening: credentials, experience, imaging, fee transparency, questions and red flags.
Start with the number. The crown lengthening cost hub explains the ranges by situation, what the fee includes and the insurance questions that change what you actually pay.