Case Report

Facial Skeletal Reconstruction with Porous Polyethylene Implants: Case Report

10.13076/1300-3550-23-1-71

  • Ayse Gülşen
  • Fulya Fındıkçıoğlu
  • Reha Yavuzer

Received Date: 01.06.2006 Accepted Date: 11.01.2007 Turk J Orthod 2010;23(1):71-85

Reconstruction of facial contours with facial implants are procedures done simultaneously with orthognatic surgery or as an isolated procedure in order to get a good facial esthetics and patient satisfaction better. The results of bioimplants are good with few complications, If they applied properly. In this study, two cases whose facial contours are supported by ‘porous polyethylene implants' were presented.

Keywords: Face, Aesthetic surgery, Porous polyethylene implants