If you have lost one or more of your natural teeth, or if other issues have developed that impact your bone structure, this could cause an older appearance and weaken your jaw. You could even find yourself limited in your tooth replacement options! But we can help with oral surgery. In today’s blog, your Newport Beach, CA, dentist talks about rebuilding smiles with bone grafting.
When Smiles Need Bone Grafting
The bone grafting procedure, also known as ridge augmentation, is meant to help repair, replace, or extend damaged or deteriorated jawbone structures, to preserve your facial structure, appearance, and to ensure your smile can support dental implants if you have missing teeth. But how does our jaw weaken and deteriorate? This could happen due to a serious injury to the face or jaw. The most common factor however is tooth loss. Whether caused by injury, decay, infection, or gum disease, missing teeth mean the surrounding bone structure around the missing root weakens and erodes, leading to an aged appearance and leaving your smile unable to support replacement teeth. But we can help with a ridge augmentation.
Planning the Procedure
To start the bone grafting process, our team will take a close look at your smile with advanced technology. Our digital imaging systems allow us to look at the bone structure and attachment tissues beneath the gums, so we can assess the damage and plan the necessary replacement to fortify your smile. Don’t worry, we also take steps to ensure you feel comfortable and relaxed throughout the process, even if you have dental anxiety or special needs that could otherwise complicate treatment.
Our team can numb the area directly with a local anesthesia, and we can also provide sedation to help you reach a deep state of calm and relaxation, often with little to no memory of the process at all. We will attach new tissues, either in the form of synthetic or donor materials or from bone taken from other parts of your own body. This will bond with the jaw and provide a new structure that strengthens the area.
Dental Implants
Our team can then insert one or more dental implants into the area, and since the body accepts them as natural teeth, this allows the flow of nutrients to resume to keep your newly restored jaw intact, so your youthful facial structures remain in place and your new teeth can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime with proper care and attention. If you have any questions, then contact our office today to learn more.
Talk To Balboa Dental Surgery About Bone Grafting
We want to help you smile with confidence once again! To learn more about how we conduct a ridge augmentation, or to schedule your appointment, contact your Newport Beach, CA oral surgeon at (949) 630-0143!
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