Is there any difference between masseter hypertrophy and Ramus Implants?

[lilhorizontal32]

Because if so, would save a lot of time and money by avoiding the implants

 

[Linoob]

Yes, one looks like shit and the other doesn't.

 

[lilhorizontal32]

Yes, one looks like shit and the other doesn't.

thought it might just be me who saw it this way. dont know why chewing is still promoted here tho, I stopped a long time ago and decided to just save for ramus implants

 

[Deleted member 5818]

implants or ldar

 

[lilhorizontal32]

implants or ldar

agreed. chewing is cope

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Idk if chewing is a cope for width but it gave me a nice jawline

 

[Deleted member 13754]

Masseter hypertrophy goes hand in hand with increasing ramus size, especially if you're still in puberty, there are studies showing this. Anecdotally, if you google bruxism jaw you won't see a single patient with a high gonial angle.

 

[lilhorizontal32]

Masseter hypertrophy goes hand in hand with increasing ramus size, especially if you're still in puberty, there are studies showing this. Anecdotally, if you google bruxism jaw you won't see a single patient with a high gonial angle.

when you say increasing ramus size do you mean vertically or pushing it outwards and increasing bigonial width?

 

[Deleted member 13754]

when you say increasing ramus size do you mean vertically or pushing it outwards and increasing bigonial width?

Primarily vertically, but it will increase horizontal width also just to a lesser degree.

 

[Growth Plate]