Depends on how sensitively the metal detector is set. My brother-in-law has a plate in his skull (rather interesting souvenir from a fall while working on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico), an artificial knee (souvenir from either that same fall from the sky, or from one encountered while working with Ringling Bros. Circus), and a handful of screws holding one ankle together, and he rarely sets them off. He does carry a card from his doctor. When I had two posts implanted in my jaw several years ago, I got a letter from the surgeon to carry through the airport metal detector... almost disapponted when I didn't set it off. So... yep, it varies.
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Date: 2008-04-03 11:19 pm (UTC)