Hi, I've had braces and have also had a lower jaw OP, my lower jaw was moved forward to correct my bite. I'm still not happy with my profile and wanted a more defined jaw. What would be the best op to have as I am not sure if a lower jaw OP will be any good?
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For my patients in their 20s and 30s, I usually recommend a non-invasive thread lift along with a jaw reduction. After removing a part of bone that was supporting your jaw skin, fat and muscles, they no longer will have the same support. You will need to have additional surgery to lift the...
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I recognize and understand your concern. Since the bite was non-surgically treated and was camouflaged as best as possible, the teeth fit great; however you are still left with a strong chin/lower jaw facial profile. This can potentially be corrected with jawline surgery or...
While the directional movements of vertical jaw angle lengthening and vertical chin reduction is what you are demonstrating by your ideal example, you do realize that magnitude of change can not happen with your large lower jaw bone structure. That is too much change that neither your bone or ...