Surgery time
Around 1~3 hours
Anesthesia type
General anesthesia
Hospitalization
1 night
Face wash & make up application
7 days after surgery
Post surgery check-up
2 times (depending on the patient's condition)
Stitches removal
14 days after surgery
Protruding mouth correction
A protruding mouth refers to a condition when the mouth sticks out over the nose or nose and chin at the same time. If the mouth sticks out, usually it means that the teeth and gums also protrude, revealing the gums and teeth when smiling (gummy smile). This can cause the development of wrinkles on the chin and deep smile lines. Not only dental braces require a longer treatment period, but it’s difficult to get satisfactory and visible improvements with dental braces if your protruding mouth is caused by your gum protrusion. This condition can be improved with ASO (Anterior Segmental Osteotomy) is a protruding mouth correction surgery. In almost all cases, protruding mouth correction surgery has to be performed with genioplasty. As protruding mouth correction surgery requires hyper-precise pre-surgery preparations, patients should come 1 week before surgery.
Ideal mouth to nose angle
Process of protruding mouth correction surgery
- Unnecessary gum and teeth that caused mouth protrusion are removed
- Ideal mouth angle is created
- Newly designed teeth are fixed and secured. Dental braces might be necessary depending on each patient’s case
If necessary specialist surgeon will also recommend additional facial outline contouring surgery.
Can I improve my protruding mouth only with facial contouring surgery?
Before surgery
Genioplasty
Technically speaking, it is possible to improve protruding mouth condition by augmenting the chin (genioplasty), however, this does not create an ideal mouth angle.
What should I consider if I want to get as much improvement as possible?
Before surgery
Protruding mouth correction
Two jaw surgery
If you don’t want to go through surgery recovery again and again, improve asymmetrical upper and lower jaw, and get not only ideal mouth angle but also jaw angle. Then you can consider getting mouth protrusion correction and two jaw surgery together which is more commonly known as three jaw surgery.
Protruding mouth correction surgery is recommended for those who
- Have severe mouth protrusion measurements
- Have a gummy smile, chin wrinkle, or deep smile lines because of mouth protrusion
- Have trouble closing their mouth naturally
- Cannot get improvement by dental treatment due to severe gum and or teeth protrusion
What causes your protruding mouth? Is it the gums, or is it the teeth? Don’t waste time. Get a fast and accurate diagnosis by our experienced oral and maxillofacial specialist doctor so you can transform into a new you
- Clear improvements immediately after surgery
- Obtain aesthetic, jaw function, and health improvements
- Facial nerves are protected as much as possible
- Quick recovery to the daily routine
After protruding mouth correction in Korea
More before and after pictures
Great improvement can be expected if this surgery is performed together with:
Reminder: The pictures posted are for your reference only. The result may vary depending on individual conditions.