Bone grafting builds up bone in areas where it’s missing, often preparing your jaw for future dental implants.
Bone grafting involves placing bone material in areas of loss, encouraging your body to naturally rebuild strong, healthy bone.
Bone grafting strengthens your jawbone, creating a solid foundation for implants and restoring facial structure and long-term oral health.

Bone Grafting

Rebuilds jawbone to support implants and restore facial structure.

Bone grafting may be right for patients with bone loss from missing teeth or gum disease who want dental implants.
Bone grafting is performed under local anesthesia or sedation. You'll feel minimal discomfort as bone material is added to strengthen your jaw, followed by healing over several months before further treatment like implants.
Bone grafting typically takes 45 to 90 minutes per site. Healing may take 3 to 6 months before further treatment.
Bone grafting requires a healing period before further treatment like implants. Avoid disturbing the area and follow all aftercare instructions.
Bone grafting recovery involves mild swelling and a soft diet for a few days. Full healing may take several months.

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