Bone
Graft
Before dental implant surgery, bone
grafting is sometimes necessary to supplement the bone mass of patient’s
jaw so that the implants can be anchored firmly. Bone grafting is a
surgical procedure that replaces missing bone with material from
the patient's own body, an artificial, synthetic, or natural substitute. That means
bone grafting will be performed, if required, to ensure that your dental implants provide you a lifetime of beautiful smiles.
There
are three types of bone grafts, each named with regard to the source of the
bone used in the procedure:
In
an autogenously bone grafting procedure,
bone is harvested from one area of the body and transferred to another.
In
an allograft procedure,
either synthetic bone or cadaver bone is used to augment the jaw bone.
In
a xenograft procedure,
cow bone is used.
It
takes several months for the grafted material to fuse with your existing bone.
Therefore, dentists typically wait 6 to 12 months to place dental implants
after the bone grafting procedure. After your dental bone grafting procedure at,
Dr. Gonzalez will monitor your healing and keep you updated on when the dental implants can likely be placed.
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