1.   However, many national eye specialists are skeptical the implants will ever become more than a narrowly used alternative to laser surgery.

2.   Liposuction and collagen implants are becoming increasingly common among some people on anti-viral drugs.

3.   Slavkin said that someday implants might become obsolete.

4.   Since then, implants have become a badge of dental derring-do, at least among the well-to-do.

5.   Until cranial implants become the norm, the first unwired telecom chapeau, coming next winter, will take up the slack.