Your tooth roots play a crucial role in maintaining jawbone health by providing continuous stimulation through chewing. This stimulation helps preserve the bone structure. When teeth are lost due to decay or trauma, the jaw can deteriorate in those areas without the support of roots.
Although dentures restore some dental function, they do not replace lost tooth roots and, therefore, do not provide the same level of jawbone protection. Advanced gum disease, or periodontitis, can contribute to bone loss as bacteria erode the jawbone beneath the gums.
Bone grafting treatments make jawbone loss reversible. With bone grafting, we take bone material samples from you or from a donor source and place them in areas of recession. These materials eventually bond with the existing bone to reestablish strong, full bone volume. With ridge augmentation and ridge preservation, we can use bone graft material to rebuild and reshape your jawbone, returning it to an earlier, healthier state. We can then help you regain your dental function and esthetics with dental implants in Valdosta, GA.
If your jawbone isn’t wide enough to support dental implants, ridge splitting, or dividing of the jawbone with surgical instruments, can be effective. After separating the jaw’s bony ridge, we can add bone graft material in the middle. Once this material fuses with the existing bone, you end up with a wider, deeper jaw ridge that can hold dental implants securely. Dental implants will not only protect your jawbone from future recession, they’ll vastly improve your confidence and your overall quality of life, enabling you to eat, speak, and smile comfortably again.
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