Author Topic: Downgrafting  (Read 1950 times)

jawregret

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Downgrafting
« on: December 01, 2016, 08:56:59 PM »
Does anyone know what kind of effects can be seen from downgrafting?

-Changes to the nose? (Wider, thinner, same?)
-Does an X mm downgraft translate to X mm of extra tooth show?
-Does the lip follow the graft (thus increasing philtrum/lip length and covering more teeth)?
-Does a downgraft make your lower jaw rotate backwards?

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Re: Downgrafting
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2016, 11:05:42 AM »
1. Same.
2. Yes.
3. Philtrum/lip length remains unchanged.
4. A posterior downgraft rotates the lower jaw forward, an anterior downgraft rotates it backwards, and an overall downgraft is neutral.

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Re: Downgrafting
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2016, 11:27:39 AM »
Thanks for your response.

It's just that I often see noses get wide following impaction or forward movement, as well as being upturned.

I just wondered if a downgraft could possibly do the opposite...