Correcting a protruding mouth instead of treating recessive chin, gummy smile, nasolabial folds, nose, etc (Photo)

Question

I once thought that to bring my face harmony, I needed to treat first and foremost my receding chin. I also hate my gummy smile, deepening nasolabial folds, nose to a degree, etc etc but the mock up morphs I'd create never looked right even just extending my chin the slightest.  I now question if I really do have a recessive chin and all or if there is an underlying issue. Like a protruding mouth.  Would you agree I have a protruding mouth? If so, can I treat it without full on jaw surgery?

Mats Hagstrom, MD (license on probation) · Answer

Your individual look is based on the balance or lack there of between your maxilla and your mandible.

When you say you have a protruding mouth. What does that really mean?

It means that your maxilla has more forward projection in comparison to your mandible.

You do have an under developed mandible and a slightly excessively tall and forward projection maxilla.

I suggest having a few consultations with oral surgeons or cranial facial/maxillofacial surgeonis. these doctors can come from a dental background or plastic surgery background with cranial facial fellowship training.

Get a proper cephalometric assessment and have a professional help understand the dynamics which always starts with facial bone structure.

Best,

Mats Hagstrom MD

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