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Postoperative 3D CT Scanning for Custom Skull Implant Placement

Custom skull implants are the definitive method of any type of significant aesthetic skull augmentation. With a design based on the patient’s 3D CT scan implants can be designed to achieve almost type of head augmentation a patient desires. (provided the implant volume does not exceed the scalp’s ability to stretch to safely accommodate it) Read More…

Use of Custom PEEK Implants for Aesthetic Forehead Augmentations

While implants have been used to aesthetically augment the lower two-thirds of the face, less implant augmentations have been done in the upper third of the face in the forehead. The main reason, of course, is that there are historically no standard forehead implants available and part of the reason for this is that the Read More…

Do Sliding Genioplasties Provide Any Oropharyngeal Airway Benefit?

Repositioning of the jaws is a well known method of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with substantial forward movements. This works because the base of the tongue is pulled forward as dentoalveolar portion of the jaw moves forward and the soft palate similarly does so with the maxillary advancement. A smaller osteotomy on the lower Read More…

Pelvic Plasty – Iliac Crest Plate Widths

Most aesthetic body contouring surgeries manipulate soft tissues for augmentative or reductive changes. Very few aesthetic procedures, unlike the face, change the bony structures to exert its effects. Such body procedures include limb lengthening, shoulder narrowing and lengthening and lower ribcage reductions for waistline/torso narrowing. But a new structural body procedure has emerged for aesthetic Read More…

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