Patient education
Genioplasty vs Chin Implant: The Choices
Eight guides to the chin decision, written for someone choosing between moving their own bone and having a device placed on it. Both operations are described with the same directness, neither is presented as the default, and the guides say plainly where the answer is neither of them.
All guides
8 guides
- Genioplasty or Chin Implant: Bone Moved or Device AddedDeciding
- Which Chin Deficiency Suits an Implant, and Which Suits BoneCandidacy
- The Assessment That Decides Between Bone and DeviceAssessment
- Recovery After Genioplasty and After a Chin ImplantRecovery
- How Long Each Chin Result Holds, and What Shortens ItDurability
- Numbness and Nerve Risk in Both Chin OperationsRisks
- Undoing a Chin Implant, and Reoperating on BoneReversibility
- When the Chin Is Not the Problem: Refusing Both OperationsWhen neither fits
Start with an assessment, not a decision
Arrange an assessment. Both operations are examined at it, and we will explain which finding each one addresses, what the recovery asks of you, and where the honest answer is neither.