Bone grafting will be necessary when patients do not have teeth for a long time and the bone erodes significantly. This erosion occurs over time because nature, not finding the use for the jaw, begins to gradually reabsorb the bone and gum, which causes them to contract.

Perth dentists now are also doing studies in order to prevent this. Advances to this studies would greatly help improve the lives of the patiens having this.

The advanced bone graft allows reconstructing the bone. After the reconstruction of the jaw by grafting, it is possible to place the implants.

The types of bone graft for dental implant :

Autografts: the grafts for this technique come from the body of the person. It is taken from the patient’s hip or mouth and grafted to the implant site or where the depth and width of the bone are very low. Since the extracted bone belongs to the patient, the compatibility is high and the risk of rejection is low. This method allows you to obtain the best results with the maximum bone regeneration.

Allografts: if for some reason, you are the ideal candidate for auto-transplants, allografts are performed. In this technique, bone is picked up by other human donors and grafted into the mouth. For this, many tests are performed to verify compatibility and the donor has no communicable diseases.

Xenografts: in this technique, bones of animals are collected. The bone of the animal goes through different processes to be compatible with humans and grafted at the site of the implant. Over time, your body will replace it with a natural bone.

Alloplastic grafts: they are synthetic bones. Inert and synthetic materials are used to create artificial bones. Over time, this bone becomes the framework on which natural bone is built. Sometimes the resorbable artificial bone is placed, which, over time, is absorbed and replaced by the body’s natural bone.

These bone grafting techniques are a gift of modern science to humans since they allow them to recover many of the lost bodily functions. Thanks to these transplant techniques, dental implants are inserted in patients of any age group, which allows them to have a better quality of life.