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Last updated: 02/17/2009
In addition to infection, bleeding, and an allergic reaction to the anesthetic, the risks of insertion of a chin implant include:
- deformity of the chin following an infection
- injury to the major nerve in the chin, leading to loss...
of feeling or paralysis of the chin muscles - erosion of the bone beneath the implant
- moving around or dislocation of the implant
- extrusion (pushing out) of the implant
Specific risks associated with sliding genioplasties include:
- under- or over-correction of the defect
- injury to the major nerve in the chin
- failure of the bone segment to reunite properly with the other parts of the jaw
- damage to the roots of the teeth
- hematoma (a collection of blood within a body organ or tissue caused by leakage from broken blood vessels; it can damage the results of a mentoplasty by causing pressure that distorts the final shape of the chin)
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Mentoplasty is a term that refers to plastic surgery procedures for the chin. It comes from the Latin word mentum, which means chin, and the Greek verb plassein, which means "to form" or "to shape." Mentoplasty is also known as genioplasty or chinplasty.
Mentoplasties fall into two large categories: procedures that augment (increase) small or receding chins; and those that reduce large or protruding chins. Chin augmentation is done more frequently than chin reduction, reflecting the fact that microgenia (small chin) is the most common abnormality of the chin.
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