Surgical Services

Bone Regenerative Surgery

Bone Grafts

In essence, bone grafts are materials that are used to fill the area where bone has been destroyed around the teeth to serve as a scaffold or "rose trellis." In this manner, the patients own bone tissue is induced to grow into the graft or scaffold and regain support for the tooth.

Guided Tissue and Bone Regeneration

This surgical procedure regenerates the lost bone and gum in a fascinating way. By placing a barrier or membrane over the defect under the gum, we can often induce the body into growing new bone. The barrier serves to give exclusive access in the site of bone repair to those cells that grow bone, and at the same time exclude those cells that don't.

Some of these barriers are bioabsorbable and some require removal. Other regenerative procedures involve the use of bioactive gels that induce the formation of new support teeth. Emdogain gel can lead to bone growth that may continue for up to a year. It is rapidly applied leading to less time in the dental chair and generally rapid healing.

With most regenerative procedures, there may be a period ranging into several months, where the regenerative site is avoided as much as possible when eating and for shorter periods they way you clean the area may be modified.