Implantation of a prosthetic chin can be of different materials such as solid silicone, a product named Goretex®, and others. On the other hand, to insert the implant, you can use an incision inside the mouth (intraoral) or a small skin incision under the chin (externally). Also, can be used an infiltration of fat tissue from the patient using the technique of liposculpture, with permanent results. Passing a portion of the jaw bone by bone sections (or osteotomies) horizontal, using the intraoral. In the shoulder bone is displaced and immobilized in an accurate and precise, allowing correct the defect and also conveniently shorten a face that is too long.


Increasing a chin fixed in a greater degree, must be treated by bone sections or vertical feed osteotomies. When the preoperative evaluation may show a malocclusion of the teeth with advancement of the lower dental arch will require jaw advancement with subsequent orthodontic treatment. To reduce a too prominent chin will require sanding or section of the bone (osteotomy) through an incision inside the mouth. Osteotomies allow progress, shorten and tighten the jaw. It is important to identify possible asymmetries or differences in shape or size from one side of the face and the other.


Interventions can be performed under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation, and the length of stay may be only a few hours if done outpatient, or day if you enter the clinic. In very marked defects, which required treatment sections of the jaw bone, it may take more days of hospitalization. Massage is contraindicated in the immediate postoperative period may cause mobilization of the implanted material. After the intervention area is immobilized by a plaster dressing that will be removed within a few days.
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