Soft tissue changes after advancement genioplasty in Chinese adults
Hu, J.; Wang, D.Z.; Li, S.G.
Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 29(4): 201-203; 254
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1002-0098 PMID: 7859567 Document Number: 430520
Twenty-five Chinese patients who had undergone advancement genioplasty were evaluated for soft tissue changes of chin. The effects of bony genioplastic advancement on soft tissues of profile were studied by means of computerized cephalometric analysis. The change ratios between soft tissue and hard tissue, as well as regression equations were calculated. The result of this study led to the following conclusions: The soft tissue chin point and labiomental sulcus moved by 85% and 41% of horizontal advancement of the mandibular symphsis.