Bone Grafting
Bone grafts will allow for safe dental implant surgery if you have a soft or thin jaw.
At adentaloffice.com we offer bone grafting services. If your jawbone isn’t thick enough or is too soft, you may need bone grafting before you can have dental implant surgery. That’s because the powerful chewing action of your mouth exerts great pressure on your bone, and if it can’t support the implant, the surgery likely would fail. A bone graft can create a more solid base for the implant.
With bone grafting, a piece of bone may be removed from another part of your jaw or your body — and transplanted to your jawbone.
Alternatively, a human or synthetic grafting material may be used. It may take up to nine months for the transplanted bone to grow enough new bone to support a dental implant. In some cases, you may need only minor bone grafting, which can be done at the same time as the implant surgery. The condition of your jawbone determines how you proceed.
