Bone Graft

Bone Grafting is similar to skin grafting, in which areas of your jaws that may have been compromised needing bone mass from elsewhere to support your existing teeth or prosthetic teeth.

Purpose of Bone Grafting Surgery

People may require a bone grafting surgery when needing implants, or after an accident in which surrounding bone may have collapsed. As a person ages, their teeth become lose and fragile. When a tooth dislodges from the jaw cavity, the surrounding bone slowly starts to disintegrate. This process alters the facial structure as the mouth and jaws start to sag.

Bone grafting is done to reverse this process and add lift to the jaws and also to help hold prosthetic teeth in place. Bone grafting surgery in Dubai usually takes between six and twelve months of healing before the results are seen.

Types of Bone Grafting Techniques

• Autogenous graft – is where a small part of bone is taken from one part of the body and used in the area that needs it.
• Allograft – here bone is obtained through a donor or synthetic bone is used to fill the space. Bone grafting just like any other donor organ transplant is done after comprehensive testing and a thorough sterilization process.
• Xenograft – Here bone is taken from animals such as a cow. A mammals bone is similar to that of humans and the transfer is done after testing and sterilization.
• Bone Grafting is amongst the most complex dental surgeries and should only be conducted by highly skilled and very well experienced dental surgeons.