Can Top Front Teeth Be Moved Down? Orthognathic Surgery to Move Maxillary Jaw Forward and Down. (photo)

The upper jaw can be lowered with a LeFort I osteotomy to improve facial appearance, speech and function. It is usually done to make the upper teeth more visible and to improve the contours of the lips. When the upper jaw is too short, the upper teeth do not show completely during smile and the...

Jaw growth varies by sex, age, and growth pattern.  On average, jaw growth progresses into the late teens and occasionally into the early twenties especially in class III growth abnormalities (underbites) and males. Your description sounds a bit like a case of unilateral condylar...

Orthognathic surgery is designed to improve deficiencies, correct asymmetry, and provide balance to the face by altering the jaw line and sometimes the chin.  Asymmetry of the jaw could be corrected with osteotomies or implants depending on whether the mandible needs to be shortened or...

There are several ways to help augment the face to give a wider appearance.  Temporary fillers are effective  for minimal changes,  Facial Implants can give very good results as well.  Orthognathic jaw surgery is very effective in many situations as well.  Seek the...

It seems that your main problem is asymmetric lower jaw, which is shorter on the left side.  This is called hemifacial microsomia, and many people have it to some extend.  There are ways to correct this problem: orthognathic surgery, which is a true correction of size discrepancy, or...

You have a couple of options.  You could either try to correct the problem transorally through the original surgical site and free tissues and place a permanent cinch suture or do a rhinoplasty and address the asymmetry of the alar base.  Both of these may be required.  Donald R....