Bone grafting is a revolutionary treatment that can restore lost structure back to your jaw in preparation for dental implants. This involves surgically placing bone graft material so that your body can heal and actually make brand new bone. This new bone is your bone – it is alive and natural. The bone source we use depends upon the severity of your bone loss. After healing, this new bone functions as part of your jaw: it is able to support dental implants.
In order to provide you with the best care, our doctors continually seek out the most innovative techniques available. These include natural processes that enable your bone to regenerate itself using your own cells. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) treatment stimulates your body to regrow bone. Growth factors, proteins found naturally in your blood, help improve your body’s healing process.
With guided periodontal tissue regeneration, we’re able to heal bone loss caused by periodontal disease using membranes made from natural materials. We can also use growth factors to help you heal. Our doctors will discuss the various options with you during a consultation so that you can proceed as a fully informed partner in your own treatment.
However it occurs, bone loss often requires treatment for predictable dental implant treatment. Most commonly, when we have lost bone we can perform a procedure called ridge augmentation, which involves using bone grafts to rebuild the natural contours of your jaw. This can allow us to place dental implants in ideal positions to restore your smile and facial appearance. In the top jaw, there are also spaces called sinuses that can expand and leave too little bone for implant placement. For this, a treatment called a sinus lift may be necessary to rebuild your bone. With sinus lifts, we carefully raise the floor of your sinus cavity and fill the space below it with bone grafting material that will eventually form new bone in the area.