How is jaw augmentation done?

• Jaw implants
  • Internal incisions are made on either side of the lower lip to provide access for creating a pocket into which the lower-jaw implant is inserted.
  • Dissolving sutures are used to close the incisions.
    
    
• Fat injections or fat grafting
  • The fat is removed from the donor site, usually the buttocks, abdomen etc, with a small hypodermic needle and spun in a centrifuge to remove excess fluids
  • The undamaged fat cells are then
    • injected with the use of a separate smaller hypodermic either just under the jaw or deep within  the muscle or
    • Implanted, taking individual strands of fat cells one by one through minute incisions on the jaw. The incisions are then closed
      
      
• Injectable fillers
  • The filler is injected using a fine needle inserted at several points along the edge of the treatment site.
  • The doctor/nurse  massages the area to evenly distribute the filler