Assess
X-rays show exactly where bone has been lost and how much rebuilding the site needs.
Bone Grafting
Rebuilding the foundation, for your teeth or for a future implant.
Bone Grafting
Bone loss is fixable
Gum disease and tooth loss both erode the bone in your jaw. Left alone, that loss weakens support for the remaining teeth and can make implant placement impossible.
Bone grafting corrects deficiencies in bone quantity, rebuilding support where it’s been lost. It’s commonly used to stabilize teeth affected by periodontal disease and to prepare a site so a dental implant has solid anchorage.
When bone grafting helps
- Preparing the jaw for a dental implant
- Rebuilding bone lost to gum disease
- Preserving the socket after an extraction
- Supporting teeth weakened by bone loss
How it works
Rebuilding in three stages
Graft
Grafting material is placed where support is missing, done under local anesthesia.
Mature
Over the following months the graft integrates into solid bone, ready to support teeth or an implant.
From the Learning Center
Replacing Missing Teeth
Bone grafting often makes implants possible for patients who were told no. Read how the replacement options compare.
Read the guide →
Told you don’t have enough bone?
Grafting often changes that answer. Come find out.
Call (310) 540-1415