Journal of International College of Dentists

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An attractive and pleasing smile is a balance of properly positioned healthy teeth along with surrounding soft tissue. Several reasons contribute to loss of gingival and inter dental soft and hard tissues, thereby resulting in long clinical crowns and black triangles between the teeth, eventually resulting in unpleasant smile. These reasons include loss of periodontal support, because of plaque associated lesions, frenal pull, abnormal shape and/ or positioning of teeth, improper contours of prosthetic restorations and traumatic oral bygiene procedures Several non-surgical and surgical techniques have been proposed to treat soft tissue deformities and manage the interproximal space. Non-surgical approaches (orthodontic, prosthetic and restorative procedures) modify the interproximal space, thereby inducing modifica tions to the soft tissues. The surgical techniques aim to re-contour, preserve and reconstruct the soft tissue between the teeth.. The objective of this report is to describe the surgical technique of a semilunar coronally repositioned papilla technique along with frenectomy to achieve complete reconstruction of interdental papilla.