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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...
Background: The value of jaw angle implants has come into more common use as more complete jawline augmentation effects are sought today from both men and women. Unlike the more well known chin implant, jaw angle implants pose different challenges in both implant style and size selection as well as surgical placement. One could argue Read More…
Background: The shape of faces is influenced by the genetics of one’s ethnicity. This is well known and seen in the recognized major ethnicities around the world. In the Asian face, for example, the proclivity is for more width then projection in the entire craniofacial skeleton. This is evidenced in the tremendous popularity of the Read More…
Background: The well known sagittal split ramus osteotomy of the mandible provides a change in the position of the tooth-bearing portion of the lower jaw. It can move the lower jaw forward or back in the sagittal direction. It is not infrequently done in conjunction with a sliding genioplasty, another sagittal type osteotomy that is Read More…
Background: The term ‘jaw augmentation’ is a general term that does not connote exactly what type or amount of lower third facial change is being done. A total change or augmentation of the lower jaw is termed ‘jawline augmentation’, indicating that the augmentation involves the entire jawline from angle to angle and crosses the chin Read More…
Jaw angle implants as well as complete jawline implants are highly effective methods for augmentation of the lower third of the face. They either enhance the effects of a prior or concomitant chin augmentation or create an entire enhancement of the whole lower face as a stand alone implant procedure due to complete jawline bone Read More…
Background: As part of many orthognathic surgery procedures, a siding genioplasty is often done. While not providing any functional/occlusal benefit, it is a cosmetic procedure done for facial profile enhancement. While working in concert in some cases with a sagittal split ramus osteotomy both work to push the chin projection forward While the sagittal split Read More…
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…
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…
A wrap around jawline implant that has been custom made is the best method for augmenting the skeletal lower third of the face. It does so because of the surface area that it covers, expanding the skeletal contours of the lower third of the face. Like all implants in the face and body, its augmentation Read More…
Background: What defines a masculine face is a well defined skeletal structure. This skeletal structure involves the facial bones that have a natural linear or convex shape (cheeks and jawline) as opposed to those that have a natural concavity. (maxilla and pyriform aperture) The more prominent that the cheeks and jawline are the more masculine 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...