Augmentation mentoplasty with solid silicone.
Chin retrusion is important to the facial plastic surgeon, as it is a commonly encountered defect in patients seeking rhinoplasty. Careful pre-operative evaluation may identify patients who could benefit from concurrent augmentation mentoplasty. Augmentation mentoplasty using pre-formed silicone implants, placed sub-periosteally using an extraoral approach in a total of 40 patients were studied. The procedure proved to be relatively straightforward, rewarding and associated with very little morbidity. Hard silicone appears to be a reliable and safe implant material for augmentation mentoplasty in terms of host tolerance, including infection. There were no clinical side-effects from the minimal bone resorption which could be noted in eight out of 13 patients studied radiographically.
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Department of Otolaryngology/Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, Ziekenhuis Gooi Noord, Blaricum, the Netherlands.
D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D002508:Cephalometry; D002680:Chin / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008341:Mandibular Prosthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D014945:Wound Healing
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D012826:Silicone Elastomers