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Looking into DNA device for TMJ, but I have a chin implant. Will it make my chin too projected?

celiarosecelia May 10, 2023
I have bad TMJ and a gummy smile, as well as forward head position and i'm reading that the DNA device may help. But in reading about it, I'm seeing it also helps correct a recessed chin. I feel silly for getting a chin implant when this device was out there that could also help my tmj and gummy smile, I just didn't know about. my question is, if I get the DNA device with a chin implant, will it make my chin look too projected?

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