Cheek implants with screws?

January 13, 2016
Asked By:member032

I had a consultation with a doctor yesterday and he does cheek implants (silicone I think) by screwing them into the bone. Is this common? If 10 years from now God forbid I get them infected, will screws be hard to take out? Does the implant start incorporating into the bone over time?

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