What are Dental Bone Grafts?
What are Dental Bone Grafts?
By The Wave Agency
Dental bone grafts may sound intimidating, but they are often a minimally invasive procedure that a skilled dental practitioner can utilize in order to help your smile thrive. Dental bone grafts are often necessary for those who require implants for missing teeth as well as those experiencing tooth loss or gum disease.
But what exactly is a dental bone graft? In short, it is a procedure meant to increase the amount of bone where there may be a lack of it. There are a variety of reasons as to why dental bone may be missing in an area of a patient’s jaw, but with a dental bone graft, this support can allow for an easier time with other dental procedures.
Dental bone grafts often involve bone being taken elsewhere from the body, and can be a preemptive measure for those getting ready for more extensive procedures down the line. There is also the possibility of synthetic bone material being used for the graft.
Dentist’s approach bone grafting in a variety of different ways. It typically involves an incision in the jaw, followed by grafting of the bone material to the proper area. If someone has lost their adult teeth, and especially if one is afflicted with gum disease, a bone graft can be necessary as bone loss in the jaw is highly possible.
Older adults experience bone loss at a rate higher than that of younger patients, however a person of any age who has suffered an injury or experienced gum disease is also at a heavy risk for bone loss.
This procedure is often a part of sedition dentistry, meaning pain should not be expected during the grafting itself. The healing process usually takes up to two weeks, though pain should be low after a single week as only small amounts of bone tissue are being taken and grafted elsewhere.
For something like a dental bone graft, it is important to consider your options. At e.s.i. Healthy Dentistry, patient comfort is the goal.
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