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General Category => Aesthetics => Topic started by: jawregret on December 01, 2016, 08:56:59 PM

Title: Downgrafting
Post by: jawregret 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?

Title: Re: Downgrafting
Post by: CCW 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.

Title: Re: Downgrafting
Post by: jawregret 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...