bone grafting

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As the foundation of your smile, your bone plays an important role in your oral health and function. It supports your teeth and helps preserve your facial structure. Your jawbone needs the stimulation of tooth roots to remain dense and strong. When teeth are extracted or lost, the jawbone no longer receives stimulation and will resorb and shrink. Bone loss can lead to shifting and loosening of remaining teeth, loss of lip and cheek support, causing jaw joint problems, and more. To help ensure that these functional and aesthetic consequences do not occur or worsen, we provide bone grafting.

As Oral Surgeon, Luis is especially qualified to offer comprehensive bone grafting services, from socket preservation to sinus lift surgery.

Oral Surgeons receive additional years of advanced surgical training outside of dental hospitals in complex bone grafting treatment and are abreast of the latest techniques and materials used in these procedures. As expert Luis highly qualified to restore bone structure and volume lost due to extensive tooth loss, advanced gum disease,  severe oral trauma, and in cases of congenital deformity (cleft lip and cleft palate). With years of dedicated surgical experience, Oral Surgeons can restore your jawbone after tooth extraction and prepare you for life-changing dental implants through comfortable, predictable bone grafting treatment.

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure placing dental bone graft material in areas where the bone has resorbed, or a tooth has been extracted. The purpose of bone grafting is to restore the proper density, height, and width of the bone in the jaw. Bone grafts can be either from the patient or from a donor source and may either be a bone block or granules. In many cases, we offer bone grafting treatment before we place dental implants or during implant surgery to ensure the long-term success of dental implants. Below are additional bone grafting techniques.

Ridge augmentation refers to a bone grafting procedure restoring the natural density and contours of part or the entire jaw ridge. Restoring healthy bone levels to a jaw arch can make dentures and full month dental implants more comfortable and fitted to your gumline.

Socket preservation is a bone grafting procedure we complete after tooth extraction. This involves packing bone graft material into the empty tooth socket. Socket preservation slows the resorption process where the tooth is missing. It can also help preserve the health of the bone until a dental implant can be placed.

When bone in the premolar or molar areas of the jaw has lost density or volume, you may benefit from a sinus lift. Gently lifting the sinus cavity, bone grafting material can be placed beneath to restore proper bone height and density. A complex surgery, a skilled oral surgeon is the best choice if you need this treatment.