This case type is where a smiling patient shows much more of the gums than would normally be seen. While a normal smile would only show all of the white tooth and only a small amount of gum tissue, the High Lip Line case shows the gum tissues sometimes as high as the tip of the root of the tooth. Patients can't prevent the lip from going so high since that is their natural smile. Surgery can be done to expose more tooth and reduce the overwhelming appearance of gum redness. If the teeth are uneven in length before the surgery, it may be better to shorten the long ones in order that the pre-surgical appearance is more even. The surgery will then expose the teeth more evenly.