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What is a dental bone graft? How we rebuild the jaw at Modern Essence Dentistry
Leave a gap where a tooth once sat and the surrounding jawbone naturally starts to shrink, a process called resorption. Given months and years, that bone loss can leave too little support to anchor a future dental implant. A dental bone graft rebuilds the volume that was lost, so your jaw grows strong enough to hold a permanent replacement tooth.
The video walks through the most common grafting approaches. In a simple bone augmentation, small particles of grafting material are packed in to rebuild height and width, then covered with a membrane that protects the area as it heals. Larger defects call for a block graft, which is shaped to fit the site precisely and held with tiny titanium screws while it integrates over several months.
Right at the time of an extraction, we often recommend ridge preservation. Filling the empty socket with grafting material immediately heads off most of the bone loss that would otherwise set in, which makes placing an implant much simpler down the road.
The grafting material itself may come from your own body or from a carefully processed donor source, and your doctor will go over which option best suits your case. Thinking about implants, or facing an upcoming extraction? Talk with us about whether grafting belongs in your plan.
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