Will sliding genioplasty complicate a broken jaw? (Photo)

Depending on the nature of the geniplasty and amount of contact between the advanced segment and the rest of the jaw the stability and the strength of the bone union can vary. Overall, I tell my athlete patients who undergo a sliding osteotomy to go on with their lives and not to change their activities. Most of the time chin seems as strong as before but this has not been studied scientifically. In over 30 years that I have been performing this procedure I have never seen a single incidence of chin fracture following a sliding osteotomy which may indicate increased vulnerability of the chin following a sliding osteotomy. I believe a sliding osteotomy would be a good choice for young person like you and it offers more versatility.

I have vast experience in genioplasties, and would like to advice the following:-yes, chin implants are never recommendable, lead to a series of major complications and undesireable complications; the screws are not a problem, not even in your case, the implants are the problem-I don't recommend or use plates for genioplasties, they really restrict the versatility, disallow fine calibrations and very frequently need removal, I further advocate steel wiring to fix the fragments; I've been doing so decades with total ossification success; I never had to remove the wiring in one single case, it stays deeply buried within the bone callus formedOnce 2 months have passed your new chin and jaw bone is as strong as originally, it may break like any other.

A sliding genioplasty will withstand a blow to the face as long as it is completely healed. That takes about 3 months after the surgery for good bone healing.