Will having a Sliding Genioplasty performed ruin the proper allignment of my teeth? I had braces at a younger age and one of the options was to have jaw surgery in order to correct my bite, however at the time I didn't think that my small jaw would be noticeable. At the age of 20 now I want to enhance my weak jaw both vertically and horizontally and I know that chin implants don't effect the vertical chin length.
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You have an overactive muscle in this area. A little botox or dysport will help to relax the muscle and should decrease the wrinkles. Will need to repeat every 3-4 months.
It would not be rare to develop jaw angle asymmetry after a sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible. This can occur from asymmetry of the angles before surgery, how the bone segments were cut and put together, how much the jaw was advanced or as a result of the healing process. When treating...
There is no question that the ideal treatment would be 'extensive jaw' surgery consisting of an upper jaw shortening and lower jaw advancement. This would require orthodontics before and after this type of operation. An alternative lesser operation (one hour with no orthodontics) is a sliding...
