Airport Security: Will Implants Set Off an Alarm?
Shirley, an implant patient from Louisiana, asks:
Not sure if this is farfetched, but I will be taking an international flight in several weeks. I have 4 dental implants. Will these set off the security alarm when I walk through the metal scanner? Should I bring radiographs to show the security personnel? Does anybody have any experience with this? Thanks.
3 Comments on Airport Security: Will Implants Set Off an Alarm?
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Dr. Bill Woods
9/10/2007
No, they wont.
George Moss DDS
9/11/2007
Bilateral knees sure do!!! The ID card the surgeon gave me is completely ignored. If you think about it probably should be. Thorough scanning is only a minor inconvenience.
Ruumi Daruwalla
9/19/2007
It certainly won't set off security alarm as the metal is Titanium.
Orthopaedic implants are made of Titanium or Steel Alloy called Cobalt-Chorme-Molybdenum Alloy. If made of non-Titanium, then certainly the alarms would go off.
