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How to Correct a Receding Chin of a 14-year-old?
asked 2 years ago by cosmogirrlll in california
Latest answer by William A. Wallace, MD, FACS
Question viewed 732 times
Tags: age 17 or under, chin, face, receding, shaped, square, teenager
I'm 14 and I really, really, really hate my receding chin. I've already had my bite fixed, with help from an orthodontist. I'm still young but I don't think it will come out anymore that it has already. Plus, I have a square-shaped face, and it looks funny. I've considered chin augmentation but it costs a lot. If that's the only option, I will. What should I do?
3 answers to How to Correct a Receding Chin of a 14-year-old?
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Weak chin in a 14 year old.
Braces to correct your bite may have only fixed a symptom.
Retrognathia often requires what is called a "sliding genioplasty" to lengthen the entire jaw, not just the chin.
Often this will require a new period of braces which initially will make your bite worse, but it is in preparation to move your jaw forward, correcting your chin in the process.
Talk with an Oral Surgeon who specialized in orthognathic surgery.
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Options to make your chin larger
If your teeth are in alignment than jaw surgery to move your teeth may not be necessary. If your teeth are not in alignment than you may need to have jaw surgery to move your teeth and jaw. In either case, sometimes the chin bone can be cut and slid forward to make it appear larger. Alternatively, you can have a chin implant made form your own tissues or foregn materials. Prices will vary tremendously.
Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Options include genioplasty, chin implant, orthognathic surgery
It all depends on your bite.
Edward Angle was the first to classify malocclusion. He based his classifications on the relative position of the maxillary first molar. The mesiobuccal cusp of the upper first molar should rest on the mesiobuccal groove of the mandibular first molar.
* Class I: Here the molar relationship of the occlusion is normal or as described for the maxillary first molar, but the other teeth have problems like spacing, crowding, over or under eruption, etc.
* Class II:...
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