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Bone Grafting |
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The jawbone can decline significantly in areas with missing teeth, leading to poor quality and quantity of bone, which in turn, is unsuitable for dental implant placement. In these situations, patients may require bone grafting to rebuild the jawbone and make it suitable for dental implants.
There are two types of bone graft procedures described as follows: |
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Sinus lift procedure
This procedure involves elevating the sinus membrane in the back area of the upper jaw and placing the bone graft on the sinus floor. Dental implants can then be successfully placed in the newly stable bone. Patients often see a significant improvement in their chewing capacity within 2-6 months.
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Figure 1. Inadequate bone for a dental implant. Missing upper right first molar |
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Figure 2. Bone is grafted into the sinus to increase the height of the jaw.Now there is adequate bone to place a dental implant. |
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Ridge-augmentation
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- Immediate extraction site reconstruction. If a dental implant is already planned prior to extraction of the non-savable tooth, we often advise bone grafting the fresh socket at the time of extraction. This is beneficial in two ways: 1. Placing bone in a fresh extraction site gives us a more predictable bone height at the time of implant placement. 2. Potentially alleviating the need for a second bone grafting surgery.
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- Bone loss in areas of missing teeth (post-extraction site reconstruction) can be very severe and often there is not enough solid bone to support a dental implant. A bone graft to these areas is usually performed to rebuild the foundation of the bone.
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There are several sources of bone graft material and we will advise you on your options depending on your specific needs. |
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