Hard and Soft Tissue Relapse After Different Genioplasty Procedures: A Scoping Review

The chin is a crucial component of facial aesthetics, and 20% craniofacial problems require repair the size, shape, position. Genioplasty used to treat irregularities in all three planes chin. Specific hard soft tissue relapses following various genioplasty techniques have not been adequately studied literature date. purpose this scoping review was investigate stability changes achieved by different procedures, six months after procedure. A search performed on PubMed, Web Science, Embase, Wiley Online, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Cochrane databases from January 1, 2011 October 31, 2022. Prospective retrospective cohorts, case-control studies, observational randomized control trials, with at least 10 patients, which were written English evaluated follow-up period included. manual electronic yielded 523 articles, complete screening, seven articles selected (five advancement two reduction genioplasty) that met eligibility criteria for review. patients undergoing had mean age 24.15 years, compared 20.5 years augmentation genioplasty. average 18.64 10.5 technique. relapse assessed pogonion, it noted surgical pogonion 7.04 mm 0.69 post-treatment. vertical movement 1.8 0.74 mm. 3.2 direction 0.2 0.8 0.3 ratio mentioned studies ranged 0.89 0.97. Both are stable reliable altering position aesthetic purposes. recommended mode fixation rigid fixation.