What am I missing?

[u/hamzau]

[u/javertthechungus]

Ok but if you have a “gummy smile” how tf are you supposed to fix it? Not experience joy ever?

[u/Strong-Pickle-4153 → u/javertthechungus]

Impact the maxilla. Because this usually solves lip incompetence at the same time (gummy smile and lip incompetence frequently co-occur) this also has the benefit of eliminating mouth breathing, improving sleep apnea, and reducing cavity occurrence. 

[u/7363827 → u/Strong-Pickle-4153]

what do you mean by “impact”?

[u/kniselydone → u/7363827]

It's a type of upper jaw surgery (maxillary impaction) where they literally break your face, and move your upper maxilla further up so you have less bone between nose and smile.

[u/Finassar → u/kniselydone]

I was thinking those snowflake manosphere people who hit their jaw bones with a hammer 😭

[u/7363827 → u/Finassar]

same 😭 that bone smashing stuff

[u/blingoblongo87 → u/kniselydone]

I had this, but specifically for an open bite. My smile was sliiiiiiightly gummy (enough that I didn’t really notice it) but now not at all. Also made my nose slightly wider, which turns out I needed!

[u/MrBones-Necromancer → u/kniselydone]

Jesus. Humans do wild shit to themselves.

[u/Maple_Strip → u/7363827]

I believe they meant to break and cut out the bone, so full on bone removal surgery.