Can a D.D.S do plastic surgery? (genioplasty)

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Thanks everyone for their comments/suggestions so far. You've

helped me more than you know (Smooches, viewed your pics; You look

great!) As I'm sure everyone on here knows, it's a difficult period

to go through when you first learn and come to terms with what

a " process " this is. It seems as though this is one of the rare

surgeries where the anticipatory and preparation phase is an

extremely long road! It is helpful to hear (read) words of

encouragement, understanding, and support. Just another general

question: The person performing my surgery is a D.D.S, he has also

suggested a genioplasty to balance my face. Isn't that cosmetic

surgery? I guess I wasn't aware that they were trained in that. Is

this something they learn as an oral or maxilliofacial surgeon? Has

anyone else had a D.D.S perform their surgery? Just curious..

thanks all!!

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Genio is usually considered cosmetic, but it is pretty common that

oral surgeons perform them. I did not have to have genio, but it

was a possibility right up until my doc figured out all the actual

movement that would have to be done to my upper and lower just a few

days before my surgery date. I asked him if he did the genio

because it struck me as odd that a plastic surgeon wouldn't do this

plastic surgery. He told me they used to have a plastic surgeon

come in and do it during the regular orthognathic surgery, but

throughout the orthognathic surgery realm, genio has become such a

common need that, rather then calling in yet another doctor to do

genio, most oral surgeons are now trained in how to do that

procedure along with the various jaw movement procedures. I think

that's generally where their cosmetic expertise ends though.

Hope that helps.

> Thanks everyone for their comments/suggestions so far. You've

> helped me more than you know (Smooches, viewed your pics; You look

> great!) As I'm sure everyone on here knows, it's a difficult

period

> to go through when you first learn and come to terms with what

> a " process " this is. It seems as though this is one of the rare

> surgeries where the anticipatory and preparation phase is an

> extremely long road! It is helpful to hear (read) words of

> encouragement, understanding, and support. Just another general

> question: The person performing my surgery is a D.D.S, he has also

> suggested a genioplasty to balance my face. Isn't that cosmetic

> surgery? I guess I wasn't aware that they were trained in that.

Is

> this something they learn as an oral or maxilliofacial surgeon?

Has

> anyone else had a D.D.S perform their surgery? Just curious..

> thanks all!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Genio is usually considered cosmetic, but it is pretty common that

oral surgeons perform them. I did not have to have genio, but it

was a possibility right up until my doc figured out all the actual

movement that would have to be done to my upper and lower just a few

days before my surgery date. I asked him if he did the genio

because it struck me as odd that a plastic surgeon wouldn't do this

plastic surgery. He told me they used to have a plastic surgeon

come in and do it during the regular orthognathic surgery, but

throughout the orthognathic surgery realm, genio has become such a

common need that, rather then calling in yet another doctor to do

genio, most oral surgeons are now trained in how to do that

procedure along with the various jaw movement procedures. I think

that's generally where their cosmetic expertise ends though.

Hope that helps.

> Thanks everyone for their comments/suggestions so far. You've

> helped me more than you know (Smooches, viewed your pics; You look

> great!) As I'm sure everyone on here knows, it's a difficult

period

> to go through when you first learn and come to terms with what

> a " process " this is. It seems as though this is one of the rare

> surgeries where the anticipatory and preparation phase is an

> extremely long road! It is helpful to hear (read) words of

> encouragement, understanding, and support. Just another general

> question: The person performing my surgery is a D.D.S, he has also

> suggested a genioplasty to balance my face. Isn't that cosmetic

> surgery? I guess I wasn't aware that they were trained in that.

Is

> this something they learn as an oral or maxilliofacial surgeon?

Has

> anyone else had a D.D.S perform their surgery? Just curious..

> thanks all!!

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