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Holy 2.5 years is long lol. I think they would have to move about 5 mms and for braces i think they said they woukd remove 2 lower teeth and push the teeth back.

I had braces as a teen had a short jaw, i was told to do jaw advancment and chin but i chose chin only cause i didnt want to do braces but now i want to do jaw advancement. Its been about 2.5 years since surgery and i would like the jaw stronger. What are the risks is it worth it? Will they have to ...

i had a sliding genioplasty in june 2010 no problems except the resulys were to subtle and i have mild indents from the genioplasty cut. im looking to have a permanent filler for indents sulcus and a few mm's projection... im just worried what if the plate gets infeted or something. what are the sig...

holy huge difference looks real good.

hey good to hear ... everythings going well i hace most of my feeling back just a bit of a weird feeling in the chin sulcus nothing noticeable tho how are you doing? i think i can see some step offs with my results and i might need to get a porex implant for some width if i want in the future or get...

thanks guys and annal dont worry its not that bad at all im second day post op and didnt take any tylenol 3's and the pain is just like a dull bruise nothing serious and for the firt day you'll be hopped up on medicines so first day is pretty much come home and your asleep. ttyl and annal goodluck w...

surgery went well im 12 hours out pain is minimul just feels like a brusise dull pain and for numbness the left and right sides of the lip has got felling back just the middle of my lip is numb/ has a slight burning sensation not bad at all just feels like stretched lip thats swollen/fat like a fat ...

thx for the reply thats also what my surgeon said hopefully all goes well !!!:)

i was wondering people who had only genioplasty on its own or if you know someone who did .....did you or the person you know have complete numbness forever? lip numbness is my main concern. any help would be great my anxiety is high at the moment !!!

i was wondering would anthistamines with decongestants in it cause different healing of nerves and bone and is it safe during surgery choosing a date for surgery and it might take place in allergy season and i get pretty stuffed up so was wondering if the antihistamines would interfere with nerve re...

hello everyone thanks for all your guys help in advance........OK so i got back from the genioplasty consult i had some x-rays of the front then profile/side shot x-rays and for advancement he said 5-6 mm's and i asked if he could do more and he said he wouldn't do more than 7mm and most likely do 6...

is there a procedure for drop down along with width? without use of braces? ttyl thanks

this thread is scary as to the risks of surgery i hope you fully recover and also my brother has upper jaw lower jaw and genioplasty and at 1 year got 80 percent feeling back and at around 2.5 years he got 95 percent feeling back just a spot of numbness on his lip and one small spot on side of his c...

if so whats it called i think i may need lower jaw width at the back of my jaw and have a consult march 10 so i was wondering if theres a procedure for that so i can ask the surgeon. my consult is for a sliding genioplasty.

have you thought about sliding genioplasty? heres info on the procedure if you dont already know Sliding Genioplasty Also called "Chin Advancement", this procedure is yet another option for chin enlargement. This procedure can be performed through an intra-oral or an intra-dermal (or extra...