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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: Surgery of the bony jaw angles is unique from other parts of the lower jaw due to the large masseter muscle that lies over it. The posterior-inferior border of the jaw angles serve as the focused insertion point of the masseter muscle from its broad origin along the zygomatic body and arch. This insertion Read More…
One of the potential aesthetic complications of jaw angle implant surgery is masseteric muscle dehiscence. Known also as implant reveal it is when there is lack of muscular coverage over the implanted jaw angle bone, creating a soft tissue contour deformity. This is most seen with jaw movement and chewing as the muscle is activated. Read More…
Access to the jaw angles, whether for aesthetic implant placement or to perform sagittal split osteotomies, uses an incision overlying the external oblique line on the bone. While often viewed as having no significant structures between the mucosa and this bony ridge line this is not entirely accurate. The buccal neurovascular bundle runs in proximity Read More…
In jaw angle and custom jawline implants the most challenging part of the surgery is to get the implants properly positioned over the bone. Between the limited visual access of the intraoral incisional approach and the ligamentous attachments of the masseter muscles it is not as easy as it may seem to get implant positioning Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the jaw angles can be done by injectable therapies or implants. The advantage of implants is their permanency and improved control of the final jaw angle shape. Like all aesthetic implants their main disadvantages the risk of infection, implant malposition and the recovery. But one aesthetic disadvantage not frequently mentioned is the Read More…
Background: The masseter muscle is one of major lower jaw soft tissue structure that not only contributes to its movement but adds width to the face as well. It has a broad origin along the zygomatic arch and narrows down into a triangular shape at its insertion point over the bony jaw angle. It attaches Read More…
Background: Of all facial areas to aesthetically enhance with implants the jaw angles are the toughest area to do so. There are multiple reasons why this is so but it comes down to lack of good visibility with the intraoral access used and that this is where the insertion is for the masseter muscle. Getting Read More…
Background: Jaw angle augmentation has become an increasingly popular area for facial augmentation. No longer is the chin the only lower facial area that can be enhanced by onlay bone implants. Jaw angle implants have been around for three decades when they were initially introduced in solid silicone form. Despite their existence and the development Read More…
Despite the fact that jaw angle implants have been around almost as long as chin implants, and there are two jaw angles and only one chin, the use of jaw angle implants is but a fraction of that of chin implants. Historically the reason for the limited use of jaw angle implants was demand…few patients Read More…
Background: Medpor or porous polyethylene is a common facial implant material. Its primary biologic feature as an implant is that is surface porosity permits soft tissue attachments/ingrowth. While this is perceived by some as a material benefit it become a major material liability should any form of revision or removal of the implant be needed. 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...