Bone augmentation
What happens if you have lost teeth and want to replace them with dental implants, but don't have enough healthy natural bone to support them? The answer might be a bone graft.
A bone graft is one of several techniques used to rebuild bone, restore your natural jawline and provide a solid, sturdy foundation for implant-supported teeth.
Before implant surgery
Before you have dental implants surgically inserted, your dentist will examine your jaw to ensure your mouth can support them. Most people are suitable for dental implants, but some don't have enough healthy bone. This must be addressed first — typically with a dental bone graft procedure — before implants can be placed.
Natural bone insufficiency can be caused by gum disease, tooth development defects, injury to the face after trauma, and deterioration of the empty spaces in your mouth after the loss or removal of teeth.
Causes
Gum disease
Tooth development defects
Long-term denture use
A past injury or trauma to the face
Teeth removal where the space is left untreated
Dental procedures where efforts were not made to restore the bone
Bone augmentation is the process of rebuilding bone. It restores the jawline and smile and provides a solid foundation onto which dental implants can be attached. Many different procedures can be used to augment bone, depending on the specific condition and needs of the patient — the most common is a bone graft.
A tooth bone graft is a safe and highly successful procedure. Your dentist will take a small amount of bone from another location and attach it to the jaw. This is done in the practice using an anaesthetic, and as it heals the new sections of bone bond to the old, making it stronger and better able to support an implant. After grafting, your mouth must heal entirely before further procedures — which can take anywhere from a few weeks to 2–3 months.
Options
Increases the amount of bone in the upper jaw below the sinus so implants can be placed.
Widens the jaw so implants can fit properly.
Reduces bone loss after an extraction.
Makes a short bone into a longer one by separating the bone and encouraging new bone to grow in the space.
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