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Here at Infintidental Clinic, we offer bone augmentation in Wimbledon. Before recommending dental implants, our dental professionals carefully assess the jaw bone volume available for successful placement of the fixtures using radiographs and where necessary CT scans by referral. When teeth are lost, the surrounding bone starts to resorb as it is no longer in use. When this happens, the volume of bone available to place implants into may be inadequate. If this happens, it’s integral for the bone to be built back up, before or during implant placement. The sooner that you replace a missing tooth, the less likely you will require a bone graft. As always, our dentistry team will guide you through the process, informing you about everything you need to know before treatment.
Smokers are encouraged to stop smoking for at least 2 weeks before and 6 weeks after implant placement surgery to improve the chances of success as implants and bone grafts are less successful in smokers for various reasons.
What’s the process?
The process of bone augmentation can vary from patient to patient. Bone augmentation, also known as bone grafting, is generally a painless and minimally invasive treatment. Good advanced management of the bony implant foundation can minimize problems further down the line. Sometimes it may be beneficial for our dentist in Wimbledon to perform bone augmentation at the same time as tooth extraction. This is extremely helpful in many circumstances, for example: when other treatment is required elsewhere in the mouth which delays implant placement; placing implants in individuals with high smiles lines and high aesthetic demands in the anterior zone or preserving bone in patients who are unsure if they wish to have an implant placed.
More commonly, bone augmentation in Wimbledon is performed at the time of implant placement surgery. Bone grafting has now become almost routine in dental implant treatment and the overall costs have reduced considerably
Once we’ve got the bone back in place and where it should be, depending on the size and type of graft, it can take anywhere from four to ten months to be ready for the next stage of treatment, be it implant placement or preparing the implant fixture to receive the planned restoration on top. We may need to see you a few times during the healing period to check that everything’s going according to plan.
There are a number of different bone augmentation strategies that we can use to achieve the desired results e.g. ridge expansion and sinus lift. We will decide on the best method to use depending on your current circumstances to see what’s right for you.
Bone Augmentation Wimbledon – Treatment and after care
Following your bone augmentation procedure, our dental professionals will give you tailored and detailed advice to enable you to take the best possible oral care around the site of surgery. We may recommend a mouthwash which helps to fight off bacterial infections and keep your mouth as clean as possible.
We’ll also guide you through the foods that we recommend you steer away from, at least in the early stages. All guidance will be based around allowing your bone augmentation to heal as quickly as possible.
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