What surgery is best for recessed upper maxilla or maxilla in general

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Im 16 and is there like anything I could do like my maxilla isn’t very recessed but it lacks a lot of forward growth and it’s cause my convex side profile
 
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Le fort I to improve maxillary forward growth.
Le fort II to improve forward projection of both the maxilla and the mandible
Infraorbital rim implants to improve your under eye area

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For a recessed maxilla, the standard procedure is a Le Fort I osteotomy.
 
Im 16 and is there like anything I could do like my maxilla isn’t very recessed but it lacks a lot of forward growth and it’s cause my convex side profile
Lefort 2-3 will fix upper maxillary recession.
 
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Recessed or flat maxilla?
 

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lefort 1 or 2 depending on how severe it is reccesed, but mostly its first one
 
Le fort I to improve maxillary forward growth.
Le fort II to improve forward projection of both the maxilla and the mandible
Infraorbital rim implants to improve your under eye area

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