Why is Bone Grafting Sometimes Necessary?
When you lose a tooth in the front of your mouth, where the bone is very thin, the bone will usually melt away rather quickly, giving the appearance that the bone and/or gums are caving in, or collapsing. Very often this defect is visible when smiling. If you replace a front tooth with a traditional bridge, the replacement tooth looks like a false tooth as the gums and bone above it begin to collapse, leaving an obvious black space above the tooth. When all of your posterior teeth are missing, the back of your mouth actually collapses as the bone deteriorates. The teeth in the front of your mouth begin to flare out as the entire bite collapses and the corners of your mouth droop. You appearance begins to change as the height of the jawbone decreases. If your posterior teeth are placed with a partial denture, the bone deterioration actually accelerates as the partial denture presses down on the gums and underlying bone when you eat. When all of your teeth are missing, the jaw bone deter
Related Questions
- My friend’s procedure involved bone grafting to "build up" the bone before the implants were placed. Does the All-on-4 Procedure involve bone grafting?
- Can irradiating the grafting material improve its bone forming properties?
- Also, is grafting normally suggested when 1/3 of the tooth shows bone loss?
