What Your Chin Can Say About Your Health

By Editorial Staff in Health and Fitness On 6th May 2017
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#1 The bulging chin (prognathism)

Prognathism refers to a protruding jaw. It is also called an extended chin or Habsburg jaw. The condition is usually a sign of an underlying condition. Talk to your doctor if you suspect your jaw is protruding.

Some people are born with a protruding upper or lower jaw without having any underlying conditions.

#2 Slanted chin (retrognathism)

A condition of facial disharmony in which one or both jaws are posterior to their normal positions.

A symmetrical slanted chin is also a hereditary trait.

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#3 Asymmetrical jaw

Everybody has asymmetry to a certain extent. The left side is not a mirror image of the right and is never meant to be. Internally, our organs are even more different. As such nobody is symmetrical. However, gross facial asymmetry is also a sign that something is not quite right. While most cases of facial asymmetry are caused by disproportionate development between the left and right side, some cases are caused by disease. While developmental disharmonies poses primarily cosmetic problems, abnormal growth diseases such as fibrous dysplasia may result in functional problems as well.

#4 Symmetrical flat chin

According to the results of the study, the symmetrical flat structure of the jaw indicates that this is a completely inherited trait which wasn’t influenced by external factors or the environment.