For decades, only a Le Fort I could effectively treat a gummy smile (SG)! Since most patients are reluctant to go to surgery (risks associated with surgery, additional cost...), the orthodontist has long been limited to treating the associated problems, ignoring what was often the main reason for consultation. Failure was thus programmed, regardless of the successes achieved elsewhere. The new possibilities brought by the minivis have totally changed the situation: the orthodontic impaction of a zone or of the entire maxillary arch has thus become a convincing alternative to correct the G.S., and in many situations superior to the surgical solution