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Re: How Far Can I Move Jaws Forward for Sleep Apnea? Ceph for Review
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2020, 09:00:44 PM »
My OP was flat and I got a bit of a chimp lip with 6 mm advancement.

I've brought this up on a few different posts but didn't mention you specifically since I wasn't sure whether you were okay with sharing that publicly.

I think 'chimp lip' is a risk regardless of the OP steepness. it just tends to look worse on steep OP patients because 1) the pre-op philtrum is typically already one the longer side and 2) philtrum is more likely to be flatter pre-op.  It seems to me that patients with steep OPs and various forms of open bite are more likely to suffer from lip incompetence (versus short-face, deep bite patterns) and therefore the upper lip is pulled downward to form the lip seal.  This lengthens the philtrum over time, per Gunson.