TY - JOUR T1 - Ancillary role of vitamin C in pink aesthetics JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2014-208559 VL - 2015 SP - bcr2014208559 AU - Vaibhav Sheel AU - Parth Purwar AU - Jaya Dixit AU - Priya Rai Y1 - 2015/06/08 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2015/bcr-2014-208559.abstract N2 - A smile expresses feelings of joy, affection and self-confidence in an individual. Melanin hyperpigmentation of the gingiva jeopardises the aesthetics of an individual significantly. In the present case, gingival depigmentation was performed with a surgical scalpel along with local applications of ascorbic acid, yielding satisfactory aesthetic results with low subjective pain levels, and no recurrence has been observed after 9 months of follow-up. ER -