At Gold Coast Plastic Surgery, the implant is placed through the outside of the mouth rather than the inside for two vital reasons: To place an implant, a pocket to receive the implant needs to be made larger than the implant. If the implant is placed from within the mouth, the larger pocket may allow the implant to migrate upward. An implant that migrates upward will create an unnatural look. If the pocket is made from below, through an external incision, the only place an implant can migrate is downward, which is not noticeable cosmetically. It is possible to damage facial musculature that is responsible for your characteristic smile when placing an implant from within the mouth. This risk is avoided with our external approach.