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Dental Bone Grafting

Written by simon. Posted in Dental Work

dental bone graftingCosmetic dental work has moved on so much in the past couple of decades and nowhere more than in the area of dental bone grafting, as out guide explains...

Whereas just a few years ago it would have been impossible cosmetic dentists can now easily regraft bone to fill in jawbone defects and allow the fixture of dental implants, giving the option of a new smile to those that would have been forced to accept false teeth or gaps.

There are four main types of dental bone grafting techniques used and they are:

  • Autografts: This is where bone is taken from one part of your body to fill your jaw defect and the harvesting sites are usually your mouth or hip. This is the most successful technique to use and often results in the best bone regneration.
  • Allografts: This is where the bone is taken from another human being, perhaps as part of a donor programme.
  • Xenografts: This is where the donor bone is taken from an animal, usually a cow, and is treated to ensure it is compatible with your own bone structure. The bone fills the jawbone area and gives your bidy enough time to grow its own bone over the area again.
  • Alloplastic: These are man made material bone grafting implants, where an artificial material, such as calcium phosphate is used to create a structure around which your real bone can grow over time. This is dependent on whether the material is 'resorbable' or 'non-resorbable'. If it isn't your bone will have to do the work and grw around it.

The procedure itself isusually done under general anesthetic as your cosmetic dentist will have to make an incision to graft the bone in place. After this is done you will be stitched up and as a result you will be quite sore and swollen for a few days afterwards and you will possibly be given a course of antibiotics to ensure infection doesn't set in.

The dental bone graft will take up to four months to be accepted by your body and become an integral part of your jaw and so you must be very careful during this time to look after the area and ensure it doesn't suffer an impact.

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