Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry

Dental Bone Graft

Dental bone grafting is an innovative, effective, and very safe way to encourage and promote both healing and bone growth in your jaw. Bone tissue has the natural ability to regenerate, so strategic placement of bone grafts will encourage jawbone growth in the areas where density and integrity are needed. After your resolute team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry places the bone graft, the jawbone will need about four to nine months to create additional bone mass before we can surgically and successfully place your proposed dental implant.

A dental bone graft gives us the opportunity to replace important missing bone mass and the ability to stimulate and promote new bone growth in that specific location. This enables us to place dental implants of suitable length with a high success rate, allowing us to restore proper functionality and ensure a healthy and aesthetically pleasing smile.

Your compassionate team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry is wholly committed to providing you, your family, and every patient with comprehensive periodontal care that improves your oral health and daily function. We pride ourselves on offering a safe, comfortable, and relaxing environment to ensure all patients receive the personalized care and treatment that is expected and deserved. You will find us to excel in effective communication, both in listening and sharing examination objectives. With our initiative-taking engagement in the dental industry and the constant innovative technological improvements offered, each exam and corresponding treatment is completely personalized. Call Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry at 502-570-5700 with any questions or to make an appointment for a dental bone graft evaluation.

If you have a tooth or teeth missing for some time, you could benefit from a dental bone graft. Your jawbone has begun to atrophy if you have had the missing tooth for a significant period. A dental bone graft is exceptionally successful in replacing lost bone tissue.

The Regeneration of the Jawbone

Dental implants placed in the jawbone surgically are the new gold standard in replacing missing teeth with strong, secure, stable, high-quality artificial teeth that look, feel, and function like your natural teeth. Sometimes the jawbone may not have enough mass or density to support dental implants successfully. There are a variety of reasons this can happen. Once a tooth is missing, the jawbone will immediately weaken, atrophy, and continue to lose integrity over time. Jawbone density can also be negatively affected by other conditions, such as infection, trauma, surgery, gum disease, and congenital defects. Without a healthy jawbone with significant integrity, the success rate for a dental implant will be adversely challenged.

What are Some Benefits of Dental Bone Grafting?

There are some significant benefits that come with a dental bone graft, but the primary benefit is that having a restorative bone graft will allow the team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry to restore your smile with a dental implant. A successful bone graft goes beyond improving and ensuring the aesthetic success and appearance of your dental implants, crowns, or implant-supported dentures, but it also improves overall functionality. By conscientiously restoring and replacing the foundational structure of your jawbone mass, you will significantly reduce the probability of developing other oral health issues later.

The Dental Bone Graft Procedure

First, a local anesthetic is administered. Once the soft tissue is numb, a small incision is made, and part of the gum tissue is folded back to clean out any infected or unwanted tissue, creating a pocket for the grafting substance. Next, the bone grafting material is placed into this pocket to stimulate and promote the natural development of new bone.

In some situations, the team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry may choose to place a special membrane over the graft to protect the new graft and promote and encourage healthy bone growth. This membrane will dissolve in a few weeks. The team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry will explain all the details about your specific procedure so you know exactly what to expect.

How Does the Grafting Works?

The dental bone grafting procedure requires the use of a material that increases and supplements new bone. This material is simply added next to your jawbone. Healing begins immediately after we complete the bone graft procedure. Once your body begins to naturally grow new jawbone tissue, we examine the bone graft to confirm that it is stable and secure.

Once the team at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry is confident that the bone graft is successful in increasing jawbone integrity, we begin the process of placing your dental implants and your new artificial restorative teeth.

Grafting Success

Most patients truly find dental bone graft results unbelievably successful, yet success is still not a promised outcome. Your graft can fail and not develop if you contract an infection in your mouth. If this happens, we will consult with you about the options to treat the issue moving forward.

Bone grafting is becoming increasingly popular, common, and frequent, but you still need to understand that it is still a treatment that takes time and patience. The bone grafting material must take time to naturally integrate with your bone.

Your Smile is Our Number One Priority

Our treatment philosophy at Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry is focused on patient education and the enhancement of your quality of life. We provide gentle, affordable, and painless periodontal care. We prioritize providing each patient with the information they need to make confident, informed decisions regarding their personal oral health treatment. Our experience is foundational in giving you restoratively minded periodontal treatment customized for your unique needs.

Our team specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of periodontal disease and in the placement of dental implants. We consider ourselves experts in the treatment of oral inflammation. We have received extensive education and training in these areas. We are familiar with the latest techniques for diagnosing and treating periodontal disease, and we are also trained in performing cosmetic periodontal procedures.

You can find Georgetown Periodontics & Implant Dentistry at:

107 Frazier Ct., 1D, Georgetown, KY

Or call us today at 502-570-5700