Have you been told you don’t have enough jawbone to be a suitable candidate for dental implants? It’s a very common issue. When a tooth has been missing for a while, or if you’ve been wearing dentures, the jawbone in that area can gradually shrink because a natural tooth root is no longer stimulating it.
A dental bone graft is a straightforward procedure that rebuilds and strengthens bone, creating a firm foundation for an implant. In some cases, grafting can be done at the same appointment as implant placement.
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Dental bone grafts involve a procedure that grafts bone (or a substitute) to encourage your body to form new bone in the areas where volume has significantly depleted.
As dental implants use titanium screws embedded into your jaw, they require a good amount of bone to fuse and bond to.
When there’s not enough bone in the jaw, whether caused by untreated missing teeth, gum disease or a past infection, the implant will not be stable enough to withstand biting forces and pressure, and it might wobble, causing it to fail or fall out.
Hence, bone grafting is an essential pre-prosthetic step in cases like this because it ensures the survivability and durability of your dental implant.
Read on for the types of dental bone grafting most commonly used for implant cases. It’s possible to avoid a bone graft in full mouth cases when opting for All-on-4 or Zygomatic implants.
A graft is placed in the socket immediately after tooth extraction to reduce shrinkage and preserve bone.
Builds lost bone width/height so there’s enough bone to place an implant in the ideal position.
If your upper jawbone is shallow near the sinus, a sinus lift can create the space needed for an implant.
Bone grafting is often a straightforward procedure conducted under local anaesthesia. During the treatment, you should not feel pain but slight pressure, and some swelling post-surgery and tenderness are to be expected. Sedation is available for nervous patients.
In situations where a graft cannot be placed at the same time as an implant, we’ll have to wait for the bone graft to heal before placing implants.
The timelines to expect are:
At MyoDental in Surrey, bone grafts for implant preparation cost from £550 or from £11.92 per month (60-month finance 11.9%).
