Is Invisalign + sliding genioplasty good enough, or do you think I need full (single) jaw surgery + Invisalign?
April 8, 2021
Asked By:Warmhearted6633 in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, Canada
My problems are the asymmetric slant of my jaw and mouth from the front, the balance of my chin and my nose from the side, and the slope of the fat underneath chin being low despite being very fit. My jaw is higher on one side than the other but this does not bother me a huge amount, if I block off the slant of my chin from the front this looks good enough for me. Getting this as soon as possible is very important and I would have to wait an extra year for jaw surgery.
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You have a right side of your face which is vertically longer than that of your left side which accounts for what you see. This is seen from the lower right eyebrow all the way down to your chin. Like all facial asymmetry surgery the key questions are which structures are the most important to...
Your overbite is reflective of a skeletal deficiency of the lower jaw which in your case is primarily seen in the weak chin that you describe. You have three options: 1) orthognathic surgery to bring the whole jaw forward, 2) sliding genioplasty to bring just the chin bone forward and 3)...
I suggest talking to oral surgeons who do advanced cranial facial surgery (OMF) or plastic surgeons with cranial facial fellowship backgrounds.
Best,
Mats Hagstrom MD