I have a good bite with no problem. My chin is weak and not long enough vertically. In my country, genioplasty is not common for purely aesthetic reasons and I've only found one surgeon that does it. He declared that he thought 5,5 mm horizontal movement and 3,5 mm vertical movement would be the most we could do. In my eyes that seems quite low. Could that really be enough? He does seem like a dr that usually does these operations for medical purposes. I want to have a strong jaw at the least.
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It appears that your chin is long and prominent and can be corrected with a reduction genioplasty. The surgery will reduce the height of your chin and make it less prominent. A slightly convex profile is considered feminine and attractive. The surgery takes about an hour and is performed with...
A sliding genioplasty is usually performed by an oral surgeon under general anesthesia in a hospital with an overnight stay. It is usually performed when the teeth are significantly out of alignment. Placement of a chin implant is done for purely cosmetic purposes and is performed under local...
It is important to remember that the incision to get to do the sliding geniopalsty surgery is merely a point of access. What has to be done once inside is the same whether it be cutting the bone or cutting through the mentalis muscle. The downfractured chin bone survives because of the blood...
