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I have an article from "Sleep and Breathing", vol. 7, no. 4, 2003 - Improvement of Facial Apearance and Nocturnal Breathing with Geniotomy (Sliding Genioplasty): Report of Two Cases by Manolis J. Papagrigorakis, D.D.S., M. Sc., et al. It's 8 pages long. An orthodontist I saw told me geniop...

Absolutely. Ideally I should have had upper and lower jaw surgery, including BSSO. But my surgeon told me that because my tempero-mandibular joints were in such bad shape, and I was age 79, all that was not such a good idea. I should have had the works, upper, lower, genio when I was much younger, b...

No. Only a small part of lower lip was numb. It was minor and it kept improving. Pretty minor. Some numbness is common and some people have it for a few months, some for a year like I had. What I had done was well worth it and if I had known about this beforehand, it never would have stopped me beca...

No pain in jaw or chin. Did have pain from very sore throat, from tube that goes down the throat. Very slight headache for two days. Was up and around the next day after surgery. No nausea. Had moderate swelling with pretty color bruises. Eggplant color, yellow, blue. Had red rash on chin from aller...

I was 79 a few years ago when I had sliding genioplasty. I'm now 81. I had some numbness for a year. A year after surgery I had gingevectomy and all new dental crowns. My maxillofacial surgeon told me I was a "good 80", meaning better than average. I'm in bettter health than average accord...

Sometimes terms are used interchangeably. It could be one term is Latin-based and one is Greek-based. Much medical terminology is Latin or Greek. I think genio and mento both mean chin. Interesting that Wikipedia says it's cosmetic surgery,(not too correct) but Free Dictionary says a genioplasty &qu...

I was 79 when I had my sliding genioplasty. All went well and have no more numbness. Sore throat from tube was worst part.
Helen

There is gingevectomy, sometimes called crown lengthening. Periodontists do this, also some oral surgeons do it. I had my gums cut and it made big improvement in my gummy smile.. If you research "gummy smile" online you will find a lot of periodontists and photo examples of this kind of gu...

What I'm seeing here is a reason to research the heck out of the subject. Then you will know what outcomes can be and it can also straighten out in your head what you would like to see as a result. I happen to be pretty obsessive about research and I'm glad I'm that way. I also have a habit of makin...

I'm wondering if we are looking at final results in the "after". Mandible does look recessed now. Maybe in a few months lower jaw will look more normal. In the "before", teeth were definitely not a good bite. In the "after" I see a slight overbite but so much better tha...

True, there are definitely some real (evidence-based) negative outcomes. But there are also people with body image problems and I don't think they should be added in with scientific, measurable, quantifiable negative results. I don't believe that giving people with body image problems equal consider...

I think it's sad that people have to discourage others like this, especially without even posting photos. I had my sliding genioplasty at age 78 and I am 100% happy with it. That was 3 years ago. I continue to believe that most patients are satisfied wiwth their genioplasties and the complainers are...

I tend to be underweight, also with a fast metabolism. I'm now 112 and 5'4". I can eat as much as I want and don't get fat. I knew before my surgery I would lose so I tried to stuff myself beforehand. Whatever is dense in calories. I think I got myself up to about 115 lbs, and then lost about 8...

I find it very difficult to understand a visual problem without photos. I know it can be difficult when you haven't done it before. I always have trouble figuring out how to post but there is help available. Photos that were posted have helped me a lot and i think have been helpful to many of us her...

PJ - On not doing implant if it's been 20 years since loss of tooth, I had a molar implant after 20 years, was more like 35 years. I had to have a bone implant first. I was told that if you don't get a dental implant soon after losing the tooth, you lose jaw bone. And if that happens, you get bone i...