Periodontal Associates

Periodontics, Dental Implants, Oral Medicine

Dallas, TX

214-503-1000

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If you live in the Dallas area and you want to know more about bone preservation, feel free to contact us at (214) 503 1000 or info@dallasimplant.com.

 

Bone Preservation

In circumstances where a tooth/teeth is/are not salvageable, your periodontist will probably recommend to perform an Bone Preservation procedure.

Immediately after a tooth is extracted, a natural process of bone remodeling and resorption takes place. To counteract this physiological phenomenon, the socket of the extracted tooth is filled with a regenerative material (bone graft) in order to help prevent the bone resorption that will eventually compromise the anatomy, function and esthetics.

The regenerative material will serve as a scaffold for your own bone cells to better grow, repair and heal the socket allowing your jawbone to have the dimensions, quality and density required if implants are considered to replace the missing tooth or teeth.

This technique is utilized with specialized microsurgical instruments to carefully remove a tooth in order to dramatically reduce or eliminate the trauma to the surrounding tissues preserving the remaining bone around your teeth.

The advantages of the bone preservation technique include:

  • Preserves the tissue and bone around your teeth
  • Improves the potential of your body to regenerate bone and “fill-in” the socket
  • Reduces the risk of infection
  • Reduces or eliminates the discomfort after the extraction
  • Preserves the natural contour of your gums
  • Enhances the esthetics of the final restoration
  • Increases the potential of becoming a candidate for dental implants