chin

thumb|Photo showing the chin of a human skull

AI overview

The chin is the lower front part of your face, formed by the bone structure of your lower jaw. It serves as an important feature for facial recognition and plays a role in chewing and speaking.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Research

84,558 papers

Chin Augmentation Using Silastic Implants.ReviewFacial plastic surgery : FPS · 2019Newberry CI, Mobley SRDOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1683867
The chin.ReviewClinics in plastic surgery · 1988McCarthy JG, Ruff GL
Chin augmentation.ReviewFacial plastic surgery clinics of North America · 2008Romo T 3rd, Lanson BGDOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2007.10.001
Improving Male Chin and Mandible Eesthetics.ReviewClinics in plastic surgery · 2022Straughan DM, Yaremchuk MJDOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2021.12.004
Nonsurgical Chin and Prejowl Modification.ReviewFacial plastic surgery : FPS · 2025Melley LE, Altman A, Bloom JDDOI: 10.1055/a-2600-6759
Chin Dysmorphology in the Primary Rhinoplasty Population: Prevalence, Objective Analysis, and Implications.ReviewAesthetic plastic surgery · 2024Coombs DM, Hua V, Patel V et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00266-023-03438-4
Surgical Chin Reduction: Achieving a Balanced Result.ReviewFacial plastic surgery : FPS · 2025Sykes J, Mehrdad MDOI: 10.1055/a-2631-5508
Numb chin syndrome.ReviewJoint bone spine · 2000Maillefert JF, Gazet-Maillefert MP, Tavernier C et al.

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections

Contents

Evolution
Functional perspectives
Developmental perspectives
Other perspectives
Cleft chin
Double chin
See also
References
Further links
External links

thumb|Photo showing the chin of a human skull

The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.