Bone graft can prevent the affected area from infections or any other problem caused due to lack of bone in your jaw area.
Bone graft is performed when loss or deterioration around the jaw bone occurs. A patient can lose bone due to causes such as missing teeth, gum disease, trauma or infection.
Patients who need to replace missing teeth with implants and dental crowns, may first require a dental bone graft . This bone graft procedure will reproduce and restore bone in order for the implant to anchor successfully to the patient’s jaw.
There are several bone grafting techniques that successfully restore the lost bone and allow the growth of a healthy jawbone to restore missing or decay teeth.
As a highly skilled prosthodontist, Dr. Goetz will perform the safest and most successful bone grafting treatments (in case you need) before placing a dental implant, or due to facial or mouth traumas or defects.
There’s no need to worry about bone grafting procedure before a dental implant since generally this procedure is simple and painless.
Bone graft highly improves the implant treatment´s success. It will allow you to enjoy a good looking healthy smile, with strongly held teeth.
Bone graft can prevent the affected area from infections or any other problem caused due to lack of bone in your jaw area.
Bone grafting (or bone augmentation) is considered a minimally invasive procedure that will restore the solid structure that your mouth needs to hold a new tooth .
Bone graft will allow your jaw to be sturdy again. This will hold your teeth, dentures or crown more firmly and your oral functions will be enhanced. You will be able to eat, chew and bite as normal.
Bone grafting has proved to be highly successful in most cases. Composite bone grafts, for example, have 99.6% survival rate.
Procedure & Diagnosis
The first step is to make a comprehensive consultation with Dr. Goetz. This initial visit, which includes oral cancer screening, x-rays and a general evaluation of your mouth will allow the doctor to diagnose what’s going in your mouth.
If you need a dental implant because you need to restore a tooth, the doctor need s to evaluate if the jaw bone is strong enough to support the dental implant or screw that will support your new dental crown. At this stage, the doctor will be able to tell you if you need (or not) a bone grafting procedure
In case you need to grow bone before your implant treatment you do not need to worry since bone grafting is a very simple surgical procedure. Your mouth will be numbed with anesthesia to avoid pain or discomfort.
Generally, the doctor makes an incision in the jaw to insert bone graft materials that will gradually heal, grow and replace missing tissues.
Depending on the amount of missing bone, the doctor will perform different bone grafting techniques. Also, the healing period before the placement of the dental implant will vary as every patient’s mouth is different.
Bone graft FAQs
Every patient and every mouth is different. The size of the bone graft and the particular ability of each organism to recover will determine the period you need for bone graft recovery. Generally, it can take from 2 weeks to several months for the area to heal and recover.
Bone graft is generally not painful. Local anesthesia will be used since the doctor needs to cut a part of your jaw to allocate the new bone composite, but of all dental treatments, today bone graft has become a simple painless treatment.
There are different techniques for bone graft. In Autograft the bone is taken from another part of your body, preferably the back jaw. In Allograft the bone comes from a dead person or animal. Synthetic Bone Graft is the type of graft by which synthetic bone is created for the specific location.
No. As said before, bone graft simply requires local anesthesia, although each patient and case is different.
Bone Graft Treatment might be covered by your insurance. We are a fee-for-service office, but we work with all PPO insurance plans. The coverage of your treatment will depend on the benefits your insurance offers you.
**Requested time is not final until you receive confirmation from our office. Please do not submit any Protected Health Information (PHI).
"*" indicates required fields
Ocean Breeze Prosthodontics is a dental office located in Delray Beach, Fl. specializing in prosthodontic treatments as well as general and cosmetic dentistry services. Dr. Nicholas Goetz and his team are thrilled for the opportunity to provide patients with the most advanced and comprehensive dentistry they deserve.
**Requested time is not final until you receive confirmation from our office. Please do not submit any Protected Health Information (PHI).
"*" indicates required fields
