Chin augmentation with a bone graft from the mandibular region

The prominent, square angles of the mandible are not generally considered an alluring virtue in Asian women because a square chin is thought to be masculine, and sunken cheeks are thought to be ill-fated. An oval, slender face is customarily preferred. A 28-year-old single woman requested reduction of the mandibular angle and concomitant chin augmentation. Each scalene triangular piece of the bone from both mandibular angles was carved and shaped like an obtuse triangle. One side of its surface was serrated to effect a curve, and the revision was fixed with a miniplate. The pieces were placed on top of each other, set on the symphysis menti, and were immobilized with screws. The excised fragments of the mandible were used as bone grafts to augment the chin during the same operation.