I had double jaw surgery 2 years ago to correct an underbite. I now feel my chin is to small in comparison to my nose/other facial features. Could you please take a look at the photo provided and advise if a chin augmentation/implant would benefit me.
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It is acceptable to get the chin implant either before or after the braces. If your mandible is truly retrusive, your braces are not going to give your mandible further protrusion, however, the braces will straighten your teeth and overbite.
We do not perform chin augmentation with the mouth incision for two reasons, infection and migration. The implant tends to migrate upwards and outwards and has a much higher extrusion rate when placed through the mouth. It can also get infected more readily because of pooling saliva. It is...
We have never seen a chin implant get rejected in 20 years of private practice. We do place patients on antibiotics to make sure there is no infection for the first week or so after the chin implant has been placed. The chin implant material that we use is made of silastic manufactured by...
