Facial implants

   Facial implants are made to enhance gonion, chine sides, and prosthesis of cheekbones and different points of chin or cheekbone area. If the surgery is planned truly such prosthesis can have positive effects. Such prosthesis can be applied in patients whose chin or cheekbone is not in adequate dimensions.

   Chin prosthesis is generally placed inside mouth and no scar remains in face. Various kinds of prosthesis are used for this purpose. Choosing of such prosthesis is decided with patient. Cheekbone prosthesis is only enhances cheekbones through out. It does not affect other areas of face. At the other hand lifting that is applied to cheek effect centre medium of face. The purpose of this surgery is to raise cheeks to cheekbone levels that almost reduced down to chin level and are anatomically at down. Swelling that can be obtained with prosthesis can also be provided with this surgery. Cheeks can be enhanced and an ideal profile can be provided with this surgery especially in patients who have round face.

   Hydroxyapatite, silicon, polyethylene with high density and fore-tex are among materials that are used for producing chin and cheekbone prosthesis. All materials have positive and negative properties and risks. Shortly, it is not possible to choose a material for considering that it is the best one. Application of silicon prosthesis is easy and do not reflects any reaction. Polyethylene is also among prosthesis those are most frequently preferred. Because it is possible to enter to small channels those are in this material with tissue and veins and tissue and material combines together. Thus their rejection risk is very low. According to investigations it was proved that even bone tissue enters into polyethylene. There is no possibility for melting of bone.

   The main anxiety is infection in surgeries where artificial materials are used. It may be necessary to remove the material in infections those are not able to be treated. If the surgery is made inside mouth it is necessary to place the prosthesis by passing close this nerve. Although there is a very small risk for nerve rupture, contacting it may cause temporary loss of sense. This risk also exists in incisions those are made under chin but it is lower.