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General Category => Aesthetics => Topic started by: dusselgurr on April 05, 2017, 10:48:58 AM

Title: Chin wing or Genio?
Post by: dusselgurr on April 05, 2017, 10:48:58 AM

When you got good jaw angles but slightly asymmetric ramus lenghts, would a genio or a chin wing better?


I am worried that the chin wing messes up my good jaw width and makes them "softer".

Title: Re: Chin wing or Genio?
Post by: JimmyTheGent on April 06, 2017, 09:28:10 AM

This is a good question.  Many people talk about the complications from a Genio, do those same complications occur from a chin-wing?  If there is less chance of nerve damage from a chin-wing and a chin-wing gives aesthetic advancement all around the mandible, why not just get a chin wing?  Does a chin-wing advance the tongue like a genio does for sleep apnea?

Title: Re: Chin wing or Genio?
Post by: Freeways on April 06, 2017, 11:35:02 AM

If you already have good jaw angles and need forward (anterior) movement of the chin, I think sliding genioplasty is better. Chin wing will give you a steeper gonial angle when the mandible is moved forward. Genioplasty could give you step-offs and make your chin a bit pointy though.

It depends on what you prefer, but chin wing with forward movement is risky if you are concerned about angularity.