Dental implants require adequate bone volume for optimal outcomes, especially for withstanding significant forces from heavy biting and chewing activities over extended periods. For those patients suffering from marked bone loss due to extractions at some point in the past or due to disease, bone grafting procedures at strategic times rebuild lost ridges and contours that make them suitable candidates for placing implants and, therefore, restorations.
As reconstructive dentists, the surgeons at Nevada OMS understand that bone grafting is a basic supportive component of long-term implant integration and function. Graft materials and techniques are constantly developing to provide naturally durable, vascularized scaffolding that simulates your native jaw structures.
Causes of Deficient Bone
Tooth extraction socket remodeling leads to deficient ridges
Extreme destruction of periodontal disease tissue/bone loss
Congenital defect affecting the alveolar ridge development
Cysts or tumors deplete the bony architecture
A number of grafting options can fill defects by using autogenous, allograft, or synthetic substitutes. Autogenous block grafts transplanting your own hip or rib bone ideally resurface lost volume but require a second procedure and donor site. Allografts that are taken from human or cadaver bone are off-the-shelf substitutes eliminating the need for donor sites. Synthetics, such as bovine-derived xenografts also provide osteogenic scaffolding.
There are little to no deformities or signs of trauma noticed at Nevada OMS, as examinations determine individual graft needs. Surgical guides precisely place implants into grafted sites, therefore longevity matched to natural teeth. Networking of your blood vessels into regenerating bone takes 4-6 months before restoring implants and final dental work.
Such grafting procedures are done with extreme accuracy by small incisions without the necessity of cutting or harvesting bone from another site. We verify successful augmentation post-operatively aided by CT scans to ensure proper implant anchorage since the bone volumes would be mimicked under the most natural conditions.
It is more than just primary therapy as very good oral hygiene around newly placed implants prevents the inflammatory conditions from disrupting long-term results. It maintains healthy gum tissues that will effectively insulate the implants from infections, potentially compromising osseointegrated bondings between bone and titanium.
In fact, with a near decade’s success rate, grafting enables dentistry’s ultimate goal-fully functional, beautiful new smiles that feel like the ones you were born with. Our staff at Nevada OMS will restore your confidence through regenerative procedures that pave the road for implants and can serve as reliable, low-maintenance alternatives to your teeth for life.
