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Bone Grafting
Bone Grafting Explained
Those who have worn dentures for years are likely to have suffered bone loss. This does not mean you are unable to receive dental implants; you can still have successful implant surgery through a clinically proven procedure called bone grafting.
Bone loss is bad news, not only for your teeth, but also for the facial structure. If a tooth is lost and not quickly replaced with a dental implant, over time the bone behind it will recede and give the face a sunken appearance. Bone grafts revitalise and rejuvenate the face while providing the best possible foundation for implant treatment.
The Process
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Firstly an assessment is made of the degree of bone grafting which is needed is made.
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For small areas of grafting we can use bone substitutes which can be synthetic bone or a bone xenograft (sterile bovine bone particles which act as a scaffold for your own bone cells to grown and turnover) , this provides a quick and painless grafting technique and is very safe to use. In these procedures the dental implant can be placed at the same time as the grafting procedure.
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Larger grafting areas may need the use of you own bone. This is generally taken from the back of the Jaw near to where the wisdom teeth are placed.
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The grafted bone will knit into the new site and mesh seamlessly into the surrounding tissue.
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Once healed the new bone is strong and very stable for the placement of the dental implants.
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