Lip Lift Techniques in Smile Design

Hamid Reza Fallahi; Seied Omid Keyhan; Behnam Bohluli; Behzad Cheshmi; Parastoo Jafari

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.006

Lip Lift Techniques in Smile Design

Dent Clin North Am. 2022 Jul;66(3):443-457. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.006. Epub 2022 May 31.

Authors

Hamid Reza Fallahi¹, Seied Omid Keyhan², Behnam Bohluli³, Behzad Cheshmi⁴, Parastoo Jafari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Maxillofacial Surgery & Implantology & Biomaterial Research Foundation, Tehran, Iran.
² Maxillofacial Surgery & Implantology & Biomaterial Research Foundation, Tehran, Iran; Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
³ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Toronto, 124 Edward Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6, Canada.
⁴ Maxillofacial Surgery & Implantology & Biomaterial Research Foundation, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: Beh.cheshomi@gmail.com.
⁵ Private Practice.

PMID: 35738738
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.006

Abstract

The lips are the main aesthetic component of the facial lower third and simultaneously a substantial element for an ideally perceived smile. One of the most accepted and common procedures that is widely used to enhance the shape and contours of the upper lip is the lip lift. With a careful treatment plan and a professional surgery, a lip lift can reliably be used for the reduction of the philtrum height, enlargement of the upper vermilion, improvement of the dental show, restoration of facial aesthetic proportions, and creation of an enchanting smile.

Keywords: Endonasal lip lift; Lip lift; Smile design; Subnasal lip lift; Upper lip.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Esthetics, Dental
Face
Humans
Lip* / surgery
Plastic Surgery Procedures*
Smiling