I am a male in my mid 20s. I have had a chin implant but this didn't have the desired result. I would like the angle between my chin and neck to be sharpened. What are my best options?
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While a 10mm sliding genioplasty will provide some improvement it will still be very inadequate. You need the maximum forward chin movement as well as bringing it up as it comes forward. In essence you need what is known as a jumping genioplasty technique which can bring the chin forward up to...
With a 100% overbite you ideally need a combined orthodontic and lower jaw advancement surgery. But if you are to bypass that option and just deal with the chin issue the next best option becomes a vertical opening bony genioplasty to stretch down a vertically short chin. (which is why the soft...
A widening bony genioplasty is not going to make a square chin like you have shown. That has distinct corners which can only be created by an implant or adding an implant to a sliding genioplasty. Doing a split sliding genioplasty with a midline graft will make the chin wider, just not square...