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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: Aesthetic chin deficiencies are common and most are not associated with a superior occlusal abnormality. But the converse is almost always true….when an occlusal abnormality exists there almost always is a chin deformity. Everyone knows that when the lower jaw is significantly underdeveloped the chin will be correspondingly horizontally short. And this is best Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty operation is a well known chin procedure that is capable of making multiple dimensional augmentative movements. It gets its name from the original description of how the procedure was done. Using an intraoral angled bone cut, the donfractured chin segment was moved forward along the osteotomy cut. Because wire fixation was Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known surgical procedure to change the position and shape of the chin. It is used for a variety of anesthetic chin issues from horizontal recession, vertical excess and deficiencies and asymmetries. It is done from an intraoral approach and cuts and releases the chin bone (mandibular symphysis) from below Read More…
Background: In chin augmentation treatment options consist of either an implant placed on top of the bone or to move the chin bone forward. (sliding genioplasty) Often it is perceived that these two chin enhancement methods are competitive options but that is not really the case. Conversely each method has distinct advantages and disadvantages which Read More…
Background: The classic debate, and sometimes an actual controversy, is whether chin augmentation is best done with an implant or by moving the chin bone. (sliding genioplasty) While patients and surgeons often try and compare them by their level of invasiveness, that is really an irrelevant and short-sighted thought process to that decision. That discussion Read More…
Asymmetry of the chin is not uncommon and has various causes. Fundamentally it can be either due to how jaw has developed along its two sides with the chin at its end reflecting the difference between the two sides or can be directly due to asymmetry of the chin bone itself. That diagnosis is very Read More…
Background: Custom jawline implants are usually the best surgical method for changing the 3D shape of the lower face. Through a computer-designing process an implant can be designed to cover jaw angle to jaw angle crossing the chin in the middle. Covering such a large bony surface area, even when the dimensions of the implant Read More…
While much thought goes into the horizontal projection of the chin, and numerous chin augmentation procedures exist to change it, much less interest is in its other dimensions. One often overlooked deficiency of the chin is its vertical length. A short vertical chin is usually associated with a flatter mandibular plane angle where the Read More…
The chin occupies the most prominent part of the lower third of the face. This is why it is the subject of many different chin reshaping options. The most common dimensional chin change is one of an increased horizontal projection. This can be done using either an implant or an advancement bony genioplasty, each with Read More…
Background: Routine chin deficiencies are well managed by with an implant or a sliding genioplasty. The concept of a routine chin augmentation, in my experience, generally falls into a horizontal chin position movement of 10mms for less. Once the aesthetic need becomes greater than a centimeter there is undoubtably an overall lower jaw skeletal deficiency 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...