Gummy Smile correction

Hello -

I have been investigating orthognathic surgery to help correct some
excess bone growth in my upper jaw (had bad allergies as a kid/mouth
breather). I originally started looking into this because I have about
5mm of gum that shows when I smile and I would like to correct that. I
went to a denist today and he suggested crown lengthening instead. I've
looked it up online and my concern now is this: crown lengthening is
usually used to correct gummy smiles where the gums are over grown,
making the teeth short. I do not have short teeth, they're about 10mm.
He mentioned something about removing some bone and pushing the teeth
up, which kind of didn't make sense to me and I haven't read anything
about it. I'm going to speak to a periodonist about it but I'm
impatient, because I would LOVE to not have to go through 2 years of
braces and a major surgery.

Thanks for any help you can give.

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