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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Custom implants can be designed for may different aesthetic facial needs. While they are most commonly perceived as being used for the midface (cheeks ad infraorbital rims) and lower face (chin and jawline) they are also used for the upper face as well. Forehead and brow bone augmentations can be done with custom implant designs Read More…
Background: Custom jaw implants can be made out of a variety of materials, each offering their own advantages and disadvantages. The newest member of potential custom implant materials is PEEK or polyether ether ketone. This is a semicrystalline thermoplastic material that was originally developed back in 1982 and had the appeal of being structurally stable Read More…
Background: In the male a strong jawline is a desired facial feature. There are no really defective ways to create a strong jawline other than by surgery. This is particularly true in the male who has a naturally weak or underdeveloped lower jaw. Interestingly jaw muscle exercises have been touted as a method to increase Read More…
Background: Aesthetic manipulation of the chin can be done using a variety of implant and bone reshaping techniques. Implants provide various dimensions of augmentation. Bone reshaping is more versatile being capable of both horizontal and vertical increases as well as horizontal, vertical and width reductions. In some patients implants and bone reshaping techniques may be Read More…
Background: The historic approach to complete jawline augmentation is with the use of standard styles and sizes of chin and jaw angle implants. This three implant approach can be effective but is prone to asymmetries of implant positioning, an incomplete jawline effect and limitations of shapes and sizes of implants that are commercially available. The Read More…
Background: Orthognathic surgery is the collection of facial osteotomy procedures that have been done for more than fifty years. One of the most commonly performed is the sagittal split ramus osteotomy or the SSRO. This incredibly clever osteotomy design, as the name implies, sections the ramus or angle area of the lower jaw into two Read More…
Background: The external appearance of the face is highly influenced by its bony foundation. While the overlying soft tissue also makes important contributions the overall gestalt of the face is framed by its skeletal structure. Such influences are well known by many of the basic gender differences in the male and female face and is Read More…
Background: The shape of the eye is influenced by all the tissue elements that comprise it. Its foundation is that of the bone, in particular the circumferential bony rim onto which much of the eyelids attach. It is not surprising therefore that eyelid shape, particularly that of the lower eyelid, is directly influenced by that Read More…
Background: It is said that no face is perfectly symmetric and some asymmetry is actually attractive. While these time honored statements are true, they really apply to facial asymmetries that are more of a modest nature. To those patients so affected with more significant facial asymmetries, they would undoubtably not agree. Thus improvements in many Read More…
Background: The flatter midface manifests itself often in the presence of a normal occlusion. This may be because the patient has a history of orthodontics which has normalized the occlusion but this does not change the shape of the bone above the alveolus. But often the midface recession is mild and not the typical degree Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...