title: Chin surgery: II. Submental ostectomy and soft-tissue excision.
abstract: At the present time, surgical reduction of an isolated large chin is not a simple procedure. Essentially, two surgical procedures exist for chin reduction: osteotomy with setback or prominence reduction by burring. Both of these procedures have potential negative aesthetic sequelae, including mental nerve injuries, bony contour irregularities, increasing submental soft-tissue fullness, and chin pad ptosis. In this report, the authors present a new approach to chin reduction: submental ostectomy with soft-tissue excision. This technique reduces the prominent chin and avoids ptosis by soft-tissue adjustment.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, NY, USA. zideb01@popmail.med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Zide
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Longaker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*