Bone Grafting
Rebuild and Restore Lost Bone
Missing teeth, gum disease, injuries, and other factors can all contribute to jaw bone loss. Without stimulation from the roots of your teeth, the bone in the dental ridge will begin to deteriorate. There must be adequate bone in the jaw to support the full length and width of the implants. Bone grafting can replace bone that has been lost due to tooth loss, facial surgery sites, facial trauma, or other causes. By regrowing lost bone, bone grafts help more people become candidates for dental implants.
If you need bone grafting to repair or restore the bone around your teeth or jaw, our oral surgeons can help. Oral Surgery Group offers several bone grafting procedures and will determine the right treatment for your oral health needs. Contact us in New Brunswick, NJ, East Brunswick, NJ, or Middlesex, NJ, to schedule an appointment with Dr. Engel, Dr. Stern, Dr. Simos, Dr. Stern, Dr. Tanchyk, and Dr. Prabhu.
How Bone Grafting Works
During a bone grafting procedure, your oral surgeon will lift the gums and place a mixture of bone material and growth factors over the area that requires more bone growth. The bone material consists of tiny granules that are taken from either your own bone or a tissue bank. Once the material is applied, your surgeon will suture the gums to protect the area.
Bone grafts provide many benefits, including:
- People who were once told they cannot receive dental implants due to insufficient bone can now become candidates
- Prevent long-term health problems associated with tooth loss
- Greatly improve the aesthetics of restorative treatments, such as dental implants or crowns
Types of Bone Grafting
The type of bone grafting you need largely depends on the shape of your jaw and your overall goals for treatment. When designing your custom treatment plan, we use 3D scans to view the structure of your jaw bone. Prior to any surgical procedure, we will discuss your options for anesthesia or sedation. Some of the most common bone grafting procedures include:
Sinus Lift
Everyone has sinuses above their upper teeth on either side of their nose. These sinuses are hollow, and the wall that separates the sinuses from the roots of the upper molars is very thin. When the upper molars need to be replaced with dental implants, sometimes it is impossible to do so without breaching the sinus or causing other problems. Oral surgeons can place a bone graft between the sinus and the molars, making space for a dental implant to be placed.
A sinus lift creates more space in the sinuses for dental implants that are placed in the upper arch.
Ridge Expansion
When severe bone resorption has occurred, the bony ridge that once held the teeth can become too small to hold dental implants. Your surgeon can divide the ridge bone and insert bone grafting material inside. This expands the ridge and makes space for the eventual placement of implants.
Socket Preservation
When a tooth is extracted, the bone around the empty tooth socket can start to resorb or diminish rapidly. A socket preservation prevents the bone loss that tends to happen shortly after an extraction so that an implant can be planned for a future visit. This is ideal if you are having a tooth extracted but do not plan to immediately replace it with a dental implant.
Major Bone Grafting
Sometimes facial injuries, tumor surgery sites, or birth conditions require bone grafting to restore the facial structure. In these situations, oral surgeons use bone sourced from another part of the patient’s body. Special membranes may be used to help the major bone graft site heal correctly and promote soft tissue regeneration.
Bone Grafting in New Brunswick, East Brunswick, and Middlesex, NJ
We offer bone grafting procedures and dental implants at all three of our locations across central New Jersey. Major bone grafting procedures may be done in a hospital setting, but most minor procedures can be performed in our offices. Feel free to contact one of our offices for more information.
Types of Anesthesia
We offer several types of anesthesia to ensure patients remain comfortable in our care.
Hear From Bone Grafting Patients
These patients can tell you about their firsthand experience undergoing bone grafting at our office.
Reviews From Our Bone Grafting Patients
"My ear, nose, and throat doctor referred me to Dr. Engel. When I first walked in, from the receptionist to Dr. Engel, and then to the staff, I felt very welcome. They were very warm and put me at ease right away. Dr. Engel, he’s very warm, he’s very compassionate, he relates to you. Dr. Engel explained everything he was going to do every step of the way. The recovery was much easier than I expected. For anybody, my family and friends, that are living in South River, I would highly recommend Dr. Engel and his staff."
"I needed to have dental implants in the front of my mouth when I was a teenager, and I was really nervous, but I was really comfortable coming to Dr. Engel because I’ve known him for so long. He always makes any experience so comfortable, and he’s always in good spirits, and he always has a positive outlook about everything. When I first had my dental implants done, I was a teenager, so you know, you’re always worried about how you look, and because I had an implant in the front of my mouth, it was really helpful with my smile and my confidence, and it really meant a lot that I was able to have that done. All the staff here at Oral Surgery Group are really friendly. They always greet you with a smile, and they help you any way that they can. They make sure you’re comfortable. If any of my friends in Monroe, East Brunswick, Spotswood, Milltown, ever needed a dental implant, I would highly recommend Oral Surgery Group."
"I came to see Dr. Stern with my first implant. I needed a bone graft and an implant [and] a tooth taken out. When I first walked through the door, I felt safe. I felt like I was cared for, that I wasn’t just a number, and Dr. Stern was awesome. Dr. Stern is just a fantastic oral surgeon. He’s just very calming, very professional, always put me at ease. The recovery was awesome. I went to the farmer’s market an hour afterwards and I was so perfectly fine. Dr. Stern is the best oral surgeon in my opinion, and I would highly recommend him to anyone who needs an implant."
"My regular dentist referred me to Dr. Engel at the Oral Surgery Group. Right away, I felt very comfortable and felt as though they cared about their patients. Dr. Engel is very, very passionate about what he does, and that resonated with me. From the start, with meeting the staff on to meeting Dr. Engel, I felt totally comfortable. The recovery process was seamless. For all my friends, family, neighbors, if you are looking for an oral surgeon, I highly recommend Dr. Engel."
"My general dentist referred me to Dr. Nainesh Desai, who is a prosthodontist, and then he turned me over here with Dr. Simos. My experience over here in Oral Surgery Group was excellent. Dr. Simos [is] a very, very nice doctor. He’s a total gentleman. His attitude toward the patient, and especially toward me, was very nice. [If] any of my friends needs this kind of a procedure to be done in New Brunswick or all the surrounding townships, I will strongly recommend Dr. Simos."
Decades of Trusted Care
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