I want more information on a sliding chin genoplasty? Would it be recommended for me? I don't want my chin to get any bigger I just want a longer more defined jaw and for my chin to go forward. What are the risks? How long is the recovery period and what is the recovery like? What is the average price for this procedure
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Thank you for your question about your chin surgery.Although an in-persona evaluation is needed your photo suggests that the problem may be that the tooth bearing portions of the maxilla and mandible are set back.Before having anything done, please get opinions from a maxillofacial...
I am a surgeon practicing 99% of my chin augmentations by means of sliding genioplasty during the last 15 years, and I never used any kind of plates and screws, neither steel made nor resorbable.Plates and screws are necessary for mandibular fractures and for ortognatic surgery of the jaw...
I have been doing osseous sliding genioplasties 15 years, not one single step off happened in my cases; this complication is due to poor healing and consolidation of the slided piece of bone sawed off, much likely because the fixation technique was poorly executed.Find a good surgeon and he'll...