Replacement of bone around Teeth

[Boyle85]

A Bone graft is the replacement or augmentation of the bone around the teeth. Bone grafting is performed to reverse the bone loss / destruction caused by periodontal disease, trauma, or ill fitting removable dentures. It is also used to augment bone to permit implant placement, such as augmenting bone in the sinus area for implant placement, or augmenting bone to enhance the fit and comfort of removable prostheses, or to enhance esthetics of a missing tooth site in the smile zone. When one loses a tooth, as in an extraction, the surrounding bone collapses. To preserve this bone for future implant placement or for esthetics, a bone graft is used.

Types of Bone graft

1. Autogenous - bone taken from one area of the patient and transplanted to another area requiring such grafting
2. Allograft - either synthetic bone or bone from a bone bank (cadaver bone)
3. Xenograft - bovine /cow bone

Autogenous bone is the "gold standard" and oftentimes has the most predictable results.This is described as the best type of graft because such bone is live bone with live active cellular elements that enhance bone growth, whereas other types of grafts are devoid of any active cellular material.

Allografts and Xenografts both do not require a second surgical site as does the autogenous bone. Ample amounts can be easily obtained.

[qwazywabbet]

Dern,,, just reading all that makes my jaw hurt.
Ya studyin to be a Dr. or your teeth falling out ?

[WillRiker]

I had one of my back teeth pulled a few years back and the had to crack some of the bone to get the root out and weeks later I had slivers of bone poking outta my gum.

Used some tweezers to pull them out...

Just thought I'd share.

[MD Willington]

I had my second to last molar pulled on the top left side, the roots were over an inch long, the longest roots the Dentist had ever seen on a molar, no wonder I kept getting sinus infections, the tooth was rotten and was allowing infections right into my sinuses...

[mommysalomi]

EEWw I had that problem when they pulled my wisdom teeth out... I also used tweezers to just pull them out... The worst was this really big one though it hurt like it was a new tooth !!!! The dentist said it is normal.. Nodoby {Ive talked to} ever had it happen before you said something... So weird.. Also my mouth is small {yes it really is} so they have to cut the edges of my lips to get to the back of my mouth and then use 5 stitches to close it back up.. The teeth being pulles was not so bad but the recovery from my lip being cut was a bitch !!


Oh yeah what does bobbies have to do with htis ???

[WillRiker]

Originally Posted by mommysalomi

EEWw I had that problem when they pulled my wisdom teeth out...

You have no wisdom???

This explains a lot..

[mommysalomi]

Hahahhahaha good one

[smilin heinz]

One of my wisdom teeth is horizontally impacted. Which mean instead of growing up and down it grew in sideways.....really cool on an x-ray though. And losing bone after having teeth pulled is very normal.....I'm betting your friends just didn't notice mommy.....were drugs involved?

[Purple Dragon]

well i did not understand any of that ,know surprise there then i hear you all say.and i still have all my wisdom teeth...and i've no false ones ...

[MD Willington]

smilin, I had impacted molars too, they butchered my mouth when they pulled them...