biodegradable screws

[killer400]

anyone knows a surgeon doing jaw surgery with biodegradable screws? also for genioplasty? i don't want to get my mentalis muscle cut twice to remove the titanium screws later because it has shown to be bad to cut it more often

 

[Deleted member 7027]

only the dead are biodegradable

 

[sandcelmuttcel]

interesting. first time i hear about them, why are they not widespread in jaw surgery?

 

[killer400]

interesting. first time i hear about them, why are they not widespread in jaw surgery?

studies show it's fine for genioplasty, haven't looked into bimax or something but might be that those are not strong enough for the duration that it takes to heal from it. also i think everyone is just trained with titanium screws and they do not seem to give issues often. i just dont want metal in my face while my bone is regenerating for the next whatever years in my life i will have some pieces of fucking metal no thx.

 

[killer400]

actually in 2002!!! study alrdy found biodegradble is fine for jaw surgery: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12075201/
why is all nikkas using titanium