Anyone who has a gummy smile can qualify as a patient for treatment. However, since most treatment options involve surgery, the patient must be healthy and free of any uncontrolled systemic disease, such as hypertension, other heart-related conditions, and diabetes. Furthermore, in the case of orthognathic surgery, the bone must have finished growing and developing. Therefore, teenagers usually have to wait until reaching their early 20s before being able to opt for this procedure.