title: [Mentoplasty for common congenital mandibular deformities].
abstract: Since 1987, the authors have performed mentoplasty for congenital mandibular deformities in 46 patients with the assistance of X-ray pantomoscanning. Mandibular deformities include: 1) Bilateral hyperplasia of mandibular angles and massetter hypertrophy; 2) Retrognathia or micrognathia; 3) Asymmetric mandibular deformity. In this paper, following problems are discussed: 1) The advantages of an extraoral approach in mentoplasty; 2) The importance of the X-ray pantomoscanning; 3) The specific feature of asymmetric chin; 4) The improvement of the silicon implant used in mentoplasty; 5) Evaluation of the composite operative result.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods