Dental work 1.5 years post breast augmentation - is it possible to develop capsular contracture?

It is possible to develop capsular contracture any time when you have breast implants, but the risk is low. The thought behind taking antibiotics before dental work is to prevent potential infection traveling to the implants which could lead to capsular contracture. I encourage you to discuss this with your surgeon to decide what is right for you.

Dear Ovirivahine,
Thanks for your question, which I think is an important one. In my practice I recommend to my patients who had implant surgery of any kind - Breasts, Butt, Calf etc who are planning to have procedures like deep dental cleaning, dental extraction, colonoscopy etc to take antibiotics the night before, the morning of and 12 hours later. The theory behind it is that these procedures send bacteria into the blood stream and these bacteria sometimes can land on the implant causing Biofilm and capsule contracture. I ask these patients to call my office if their doctor refuses to prescribe them the antibiotics and we do it for them. I had few patients who developed Biofilm and severe capsule contracture years after their breasts augmentation surgery as a result of, most likely, not complying with my policy.
Wishing you good luck,
Dr Widder
widderplasticsurgery.com