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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Medpor Chin and Jaw Angle Implant Removals with Custom Jawline Implant Replacement

Background:  The traditional approach to total jawline augmentation has been the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. While this ‘three-point’ approach can be effective  in the properly selected patient, it is fraught with potential aesthetic sequelae such as implant asymmetries and an inability to achieve the desired jawline shape outcome. This is somewhat Read More…

OR Snapshots – Intraoperative Adjustment of Custom Jawline Implants

A custom jawline implant design is based on an artistic and experienced assessment of the patient’s goals and what implant dimensions are felt that may accomplish them. It is not an exact science and can not calculate in how the overlying soft tissues will respond. This is relevant both aesthetically as well as potentially impacting Read More…

Technical Strategies – Placement Methods for Custom Jawline Implants

A custom jawline implant is the most effective method for enhancing the skeletal structure of the lower third of the face. By having a connected implant that wraps around the entire jawline with dimensions that are predetermined by a computer design process, the most effective aesthetic jaw augmentation is achieved. But while a custom jawline Read More…

The Submental Incision in Custom Jawline Implants

A custom wraparound jawline implant is a supercharged chin implant that augments the entire jawline. As a result it shares some similarities in placement as both type of jaw implants need an anterior incision.  (the total jawline implant also needs two additional intraoral incisions to get the jaw angle parts in the proper position) This Read More…

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