Whether you receive general or intravenous anesthesia is up to you and your doctor. Once you are prepped for surgery, there are two options for the doctor to take, depending on what you have decided beforehand. One option involves an intraoral incision, which means an incision inside the mouth. This is made at the top of your upper gum line, and from there, an implant can be slid into place.
The other is an external incision at the top of the cheek near the eye. Many patients prefer the intraoral incision to avoid external surgical scarring that can result from the external incision.
Overall, the procedure should take between one and two hours. In the days leading up to your implant surgery, you should focus on keeping yourself well-rested and eating healthy, just as you would for any other surgical procedure. Recovery is usually short and simple, although your doctor will likely advise you to take it easy and avoid things like contact sports while your new implants heal and settle in. You may experience some tightness, as the skin over the cheek has been stretched to accommodate the new implant.
If you selected the intraoral incision method for the surgery, your doctor may choose to provide you with preventative antibiotics to do the bacteria in your mouth. On the day of your surgery, you should plan for a day or two of light activity. Your implants will need time to settle in and the soft tissues around them will require time to heal, keeping your implant in place. Generally speaking though, you can return to work and resume all other normal activities within a week of the procedure.
As we age though, the soft tissues beneath the skin can begin to sag. This is one of the most recognizable effects of aging and one of the things that cheek implants are most effective at correcting.
Many people assume that this sagging is simply the result of gravity and that even fixing it will only result in a temporary solution. Most patient have minimal, if any, pain which responds well to oral analgesia. The surgery to insert cheek implants requires placing the implant over your own cheekbone, which enables the implant to be placed in a natural position mimicking the natural bone.
Dr De Silva specialises only in facial surgery and uses minimally invasive techniques to insert the cheek implant, and where necessary a 3D camera to evaluate optimal positioning. As a consequence, most patients have minimal bruising after cheek implant insertion. Patients who have undergone previous surgery will have scar tissue which poses a greater risk of bruising and swelling owing to a change in the natural anatomy of the cheek. All cosmetic surgery has some risks. Generally speaking, cheek implants are very safe.
With cheek implant surgery there is a small risk of infection, bleeding, allergy, movement of the implant and of bone absorption over time under the cheek implant. Dr De Silva advises against cheek surgery in patients with increased risk of infection. Dr De Silva uses technical skills to reduce the risk of implant movement or dislocation, by sculpting a deep, narrow pocket for insertion of the cheek implants under the facial muscles, which renders movement of the implant minimal.
Dr De Silva has treated patients with rotated implants by other surgeons. He uses a novel technique to prevent implants from rotating in his patients by securing all implants with a specialised mini-screw. This screw is approximately 8mm in size and prevents any movement of the cheek implant long-term. The screw is specialised and cannot be seen or felt once in place. It is not detectable on airport security, although would be seen on an x-ray or CT scan of the head. Cheek augmentation can be completed with local anaesthesia, although Dr De Silva prefers his patients to have sedation anaesthesia , also known as twilight anaesthesia.
This enables his patients to have a comfortable and relaxed experience and a faster recovery than from general anaesthesia. General anaesthesia is not typically used for cheek augmentation due to the risks it carries. Plus, the recovery time is longer before patients can go home. Although the insertion of cheek implants is usually straightforward, on rare occasions it may be complicated with infection. There is a natural flora of microbes that live in your mouth, and the nature of inserting cheek implants through the mouth gives rise to a small risk of infection.
Typically, an infected cheek implant will result in symptoms such as fever, swelling, discomfort and pain. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Goodbye to All That. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses.
You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From The Plastics. The doctor may recommend avoiding rigorous activity for the first few weeks after surgery, but most people can resume normal activities after about 10 days.
Please ask your doctor to fully explain what you can expect after surgery. Follow-up care is vital for this procedure to monitor healing. Unusual swelling, bleeding, fever or other symptoms should be reported to your surgeon immediately. Patients should ensure that they keep all follow-up appointments with the surgeon to ensure healing is taking place normally.
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