Bone grafts for dental implants is a procedure we offer at our dental clinic. There may not be sufficient bone left in your mouth to support a dental implant. This is more commonly the case if a tooth was removed a long time before a dental implant is placed.
In such circumstances, our surgeon Dr Pimanovs can replace bone already lost by previous tooth removal. We offer different types of bone grafting for different situations.
If you need to have a tooth removed and are considering dental implants, we take the time and effort to remove your teeth with minimal or no disruption to the surrounding bone. We like to preserve and support all the surrounding bone in order to create better support for your future implant.
A Socket Preservation Bone Graft can also be provided on the day of tooth removal. The bone graft material is placed in the empty socket that remains after tooth extraction to help preserve bone volume and architecture until your implant placement.
This is a very quick and simple procedure carried out on the same day as the implant placement. The bone is placed around the implant at the time of surgery and used to create a more aesthetic contour at the gum line as well as better long term support for your implant.
This procedure is also known as a ‘Sinus
Lift’. The maxillary sinus’ are hollow spaces that are located behind your
cheeks above the roots of your upper back teeth. Occasionally when upper back
teeth have been removed a long time before implant placement the sinus’ can
drop down into the space where the root used to be. To place an implant at such
a site would require the sinus to be lifted back into its original position and
to be held there using a bone substitute. This can be done either by an
Internal Sinus Lift or a Lateral Sinus Lift.
If there is sufficient bone for Implant
stabilisation, an Internal Sinus Lift can be provided at the same time as
Implant Placement. Once the site for the implant has been created, the sinus is
accessed through the same site and the sinus is lifted and bone graft materials
placed without further bone disturbance. This is a very simple and quick
procedure avoiding more complex surgery.
Sometimes a Lateral Sinus Lift is required and
for this procedure a small access point is created in the wall where the upper
back teeth used to be. The sinus membrane is exposed and lifted and the bone
graft material is placed to hold it in its newly lifted position. For this
procedure some time is required to allow good healing before the implant is
placed.
This procedure is performed when the ridge
(where the teeth once sat) is too narrow for an implant. Sufficient ridge
height is required for this procedure and in such circumstances bone graft
material is placed in the ridge to create an expanded ridge for implant
placement.
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