Years ago, I had a chin implant removed, a sliding genio + revision of the same. This year, i had mentalis resuspension with mitek screws for witches' chin deformity and lower lip incompetence caused by these. I see improvement but my mentalis strain, which the surgeon said would be helped, is still significant. Also, initial tooth coverage has dropped somewhat. Can this surgery be repeated with further Mitek screws to achieve a more complete resolution of my chin problems?
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To assess the outcome of an operation we need to see proper before and after pictures. If you don’t have before and after pictures and ask your surgeon to forward the ones they took.
Without knowing what you look like before surgery we can’t really make an assessment on the outcome.
You’ve alrea...
A lot depends whether the reduction is only one direction or multiple directions. In cases where the reduction is performed with advancement of the chin, then the soft tissue pad will not need reduction. If the changes are only vertical, then a "chin tuck" may need to be performed from a...
You can see a lot more than 5mm below your nerves, below apices of teeth, and reasonable alveolar support. Depending on your goal you may be limited to 8-10mm of advancement, so in that scenario we always talk to people about doing further advancement in the future or possibly a small implant....