Mentoplasty with Customized Guides and Plates Using 3D Technology: a More Precise and Safer Technique.

Mentoplasty or genioplasty is a common operation to enhance function and appearance of the chin, which has major impact on character impressions and facial beauty. With the advent of new 3D technologies, the technique can be performed using customized guides and plates (with 3D planning and printing), addressing the drawbacks of the procedure, making it minimally invasive, safe, very accurate, and predictable. In this article, we describe a surgical technique using customized surgical guides and plates and performed under local anesthesia and oral sedation, with a surgical time of approximately 45 minutes.

Advantages of performing mentoplasties with customized guides and plates generated with 3D planning and printing. Results from a series of 23 cases.

Purpose: To evaluate the benefits of performing mentoplasty using custom guides and plates in a series of 23 patients.

Patients And Methods: An 18-month observational study in 23 patients (16 women, 7 men) who underwent procedures for chin augmentation (n = 15), reduction and centering mentoplasty (n = 6), chin asymmetry correction (n = 1) and placement of a custom chin implant to correct esthetics (n = 1) was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Hospital Universitario Dexeus (Barcelona, Spain).

Results: A mentoplasty technique using customized surgical guides and plates, performed under local anesthesia and oral sedation, was performed in every case.