Even though my teeth meet, my bite is angled so my lower jaw still looks recessive. Originally, I was supposed to have a genioplasty during the main surgery, however, the surgeon changed his mind and said that I could always do it later. He deducted $500 from my bill. I now want the genioplasty, but my surgeon is reluctant to do it. I got two quotes from other surgeons which were both $7500. The original surgery was only $11,000 and that was 7 hours of major surgery. Is this a realistic price?
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Thank you for your picture. The skin irregularities are due to a very active mentalis muscle. There is very little treatment for it unless you have an underlying bony abnormality of your lower jaw and/or chin. Some recommend neurotoxins to reduce the activity of the muscle but...
Your chin is too small and if you have class II bite, you would need two-jaw surgery.If your bite is normal, you could have genioplasty.12mm is too many to advance just one osteotomy and two step genioplasty is better for you.
