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As with any medical procedure, there are risks, including infection around the implant or reactions to anesthesia. If infection does occur, and if it cannot be resolved with antibiotics, the implant may have to be removed and replaced at a later time. Sometimes a chin implant is not properly aligned.s with any medical procedure, there are risks, including infection around the implant or reactions to anesthesia. If infection does occur, and if it cannot be resolved with antibiotics, the implant may have to be removed and replaced at a later time. Sometimes a chin implant is not properly aligned.
While you may have some chin implant settling into the bone as evidenced on an x-ray, it is not a problem in my opinion. You have no symptoms and you are satisfied with your existing chin projection. Surgery to replace your chin implant seems to be an overreaction to a non-problem.Dr. Barry Eppley.: Medpor chin implants have a uniquely porous material of which they are composed. One of the purported benefits to its material is that it will cause less bone erosion underneath when it is placed in the chin area. The phenomenon of the implant settling into the chin bone is known as pressure resorption.