When people suffer from tooth loss, this could cause the jaw to gradually weaken, and limit your ability to receive durable and lifelike replacements in the form of dental implants. To help strengthen your jaw, we can use procedures such as jawbone grafting and sinus lifts. In today’s blog, your Santa Rosa, CA, oral and maxillofacial surgeons talk about the benefits of grafting!
How Tooth Loss Weakens Our Jaw
What about tooth loss weakens our jaw? This happens because once you lose a tooth, the body will take notice and in response, the body will suspend the flow of key nutrients to the areas around the missing root. Without these nutrients, the surrounding jawbone structure will gradually lose mass and density, which means the risk of further tooth loss increases. In addition, you could develop an aged appearance! Suddenly, there is not enough structure to support dental implants, so your tooth replacement options are severely limited. But we can make your smile implant ready with grafting and sinus lift procedures!
The Jawbone Grafting Procedure
Also known as ridge augmentation, this is reserved for the lower portion. Our team will essentially add new structure to the lower portions that have weakened. These new structures could be taken from the rear of your jaw, your hip, or even your knee bone. We could also use donor or synthetic sources too. Once we apply this material, it will bond with the jaw and provide new structure that can support dental implants. When we insert the dental implants, this strengthens the area even more, so your smile can remain intact for decades to come, or possibly a lifetime.
Sinus Lift
What about the upper jaw? For this area, we will conduct a different kind of procedure. Instead of adding new tissues to the upper portion, our team will essentially raise the sinus floor to uncover new structures that can support the placement of one or more dental implants. When the area heals following the sinus lift procedure, we will move forward with securing your dental implants, so you can enjoy a full smile again, with results that can last!
If you have any questions about how we use oral surgery to strengthen your smile and help you receive lifelike and durable dental implants, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you smile with confidence, so contact us now to get started.
Talk to Our Team About Oral Surgery in Santa Rosa, CA
We want to help you fortify your smile so you can receive one or more dental implants. To learn more about how we strengthen your smile, then give us a call at Santa Rosa Oral Surgery at (707)545-4625 today!
