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Should I choose upper jaw surgery & anti clockwise rotation of lower jaw, or upper jaw surgery `7 sliding genioplasty? (Photo)

splodge11Feb 8, 2015
I'm not sure whether to get upper jaw surgery and a sliding genio or to go for upper jaw surgery alone with anti clockwise rotation of the lower jaw to fix my lip incompetence and chin.

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Dr. Alexander Antipov, DDS
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Dr. Dantenapalli VijayVardhan, OMFS
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