And not to a cosmetologist or a plastic surgeon, as everyone is used to.
At the sight of a new wrinkle, modern girls, without hesitation, run to a beautician or plastic surgeon so that he corrects all the flaws and neutralizes the signs of aging. However, in some cases, the usual injections or contouring will not be able to restore youth. Whether there is a way to do a facelift without surgery and in what cases you need to go to the dentist for help, we find out with our experts.
What does the teeth have to do with it?
Dentist Opinion
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Implantologist, Founder and Chief Physician of the Refformat Dental Surgery and Implantology Clinic
Few people think about the fact that teeth are the framework for the soft tissues of the face. That is why the slightest changes in the bite affect the appearance of the lower third of the face, which loses volume with age.
Deterioration of the bite can occur due to the gradual wear of the teeth, and this leads to an increase in the depth of the nasolabial folds, the appearance of marionette wrinkles, drooping of the corners of the mouth, thinning of the contours of the lips and asymmetry of the face.
Another reason for the change in bite can be the lack of teeth. “If a person does not have at least one tooth, this is already fraught with problems associated with non-standard load on the temporomandibular joint, which can cause chronic arthritis, the appearance of dislocations in the joint, crunches. Later, all this develops into deformation of the dentition and, as a result, the bite changes, which, in turn, affects the joint connecting the lower jaw with the skull, ”says Maxim Khyshov.
To achieve a visible anti-age effect, it is necessary to correct the height of the teeth by 4–5 mm. When restoring chewing functions, doctors correct the lower third of the face, as if “lengthening” this zone. As a result, the nasolabial folds are softened, the corners of the lips are lifted. Even the correction of the color of the enamel, the length and width of the teeth affects the improvement of the external perception of the face.
Dermatovenereologist, cosmetologist at the TORI Clinic of Aesthetic Medicine
Indeed, in the practice of cosmetologists, there are cases when patients are first sent to the dentist. When does this happen? “Suppose a young woman comes to see me complaining that her flews hang, or a pronounced lip-chin fold, or deep nasolabial folds, or the lip is visually slightly“ tucked ”inward, or because of a displaced lower jaw the chin looks small. She thinks that contouring can fix everything. However, it is not. During the initial examination, I see that the cause of these early age-related changes lies in the malocclusion or there is an abnormality of the jaw. In this case, I send the patient first for a consultation with an orthodontist. He corrects his problem and only after that he comes back to me, and we are already working on the aesthetics of his face, ”comments Olga Ibrakova.
The expert is sure that it is possible to do contour plastic at least several times, but if the patient has an incorrect bite, some folds and wrinkles will never go away, and the effect of the procedures will remain for a very short time.