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Surgical Methods for a Protruding Jaw

Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic · 그리운 어제, 행복한 오늘, 설레는 내일... · August 22, 2011

When the lower jaw is positioned further forward than the upper jaw, this is called a protruding jaw or mandibular prognathism.   In general, the following surgeries are used...

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Clinic: Lavian Plastic Surgery Clinic

Original post date: August 22, 2011

Translated at: April 24, 2026 at 2:09 AM

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When the lower jaw is positioned further forward than the upper jaw, this is called a protruding jaw or mandibular prognathism.

 

In general, the following surgeries are used to surgically correct a protruding jaw.

 

  1. A surgery that separates the lower jaw from the temporomandibular joint area and then moves it backward, and

 

  1. Bimaxillary surgery, which moves both the upper and lower jaws together

 

  1. A method that changes only the contour of the lower jaw without changing the positional relationship between the upper and lower teeth

 

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