Exposed roots on Viridis. Is it okay ?

[acrlvr]

I have this beautiful Viridis Japanese Maple. 3 yrs ago when I planted, it was elevated much above ground. Yesterday while watering it, I thought of exposing some of its roots to give a better look.

- Will baring the roots on maple hurt it ? are there any infection risks ?
- Should I cover it back again with the some soil ?
- Is there a process where you can get the plant used to baring roots ?

I do recall seeing some maples with exposed root doing fine. I dont want this beautiful tree to go into any kind of shock. Please help.

Thank you inadvance.

[AlainK]

It's true that exposed roots give a noble appeance to trees: that's what bonsai growers do.

For potted trees, there's no problem at all, so i suppose it's the same for trees in the soil ;)