Author Topic: Removal of screws and plates? Philtrum length?  (Read 700 times)

skullremodel

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Removal of screws and plates? Philtrum length?
« on: May 22, 2017, 09:40:53 PM »
Been reading about jaw surgery lately, and have this question.

Is it common to have the plates and screws removed after jaw surgery? If so, how long? Does it mean you'd have a weaker jaw after removal as there's holes?

Also, philtrum? Does it elongate? Or appear longer? Honestly one of my biggest worries since the maxilla is advanced and rotated shouldn't this mean some stretch of the philtrum?