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Dental Bone Graft in
Mission Viejo

We understand, bone loss from extraction of tooth roots or trauma can be truly concerning. You just need a bone graft to address this concern. The dental bone graft gently restores the lost bone and offers you a stable foundation to support dental implants and other restoration procedures. It's the ideal choice to enhance your oral functions and aesthetics!

Bone Grafting for Dental Implants

Higher levels of self-confidence and self-esteem in addition to the restored functionality – all these are excellent reasons for bone grafting. At Mission Implant Center, we are deeply committed to offering exceptional care with ease.

Actually, a strong and stable bone structure is the first condition for an ever-lasting smile. But bone loss due to tooth extractions, gum disease, or trauma affects your oral health and the success of dental implants. Our dental bone grafting procedure is meant to restore and regenerate lost bones. We offer all the necessary support and strength for optimal oral health and implant success.

Whether you are preparing for dental implants or just want to restore the strength of your jawbone, our bone graft solution is here to support you. At Mission Implant Center, we focus on giving you the foundation for a smile you can feel confident in!

Why is a Dental Bone Graft
Necessary?

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Tooth Loss or Extraction:

If a tooth is missing, no matter what the reason, the jaw bone deteriorates over time. It'll make it difficult to get a dental implant procedure.

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Periodontal Disease:

Periodontal disease weakens the jawbone and loosens the natural teeth, resulting in significant bone loss. Grafting will be necessary to strengthen the bone to support implants.

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Injury or Trauma:

Accidents or injuries can cause the loss of bone in the jaw. It can affect the function and appearance of the healthy teeth.

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Congenital Conditions:

Some patients may have naturally thin jawbones where bone grafting may be necessary to strengthen them before implants. Moreover, damaged teeth, teeth over-erupt, or are out of place completely can cause bone loss over time. Bone grafts can increase the bone density in your jawbone and ensure enough support after teeth alignment again.

The Benefits of Dental Bone Grafting at
Mission Implant Center

Improved Success for Dental Implants:
A strong jawbone is a must for dental implants, crowns, or dentures. It serves as a stable and reliable anchor. Bone grafting ensures your jawbone is strong enough to support a dental implant and remains reliable for a long time.

Restores Facial Structure:
Bone loss can cause a sunken or aged appearance. Here, bone grafts rebuild the lost bone and preserve your natural facial shape. Ultimate results? You can enjoy a higher level of personal self-esteem and self-confidence!
Prevents Further Bone Loss:
A bone graft stimulates new bone growth and halts further deterioration. You can preserve your remaining bone with a bone graft and ensure your oral health is maintained for long-term stability.
Faster Healing and Bone Regeneration:
Our oral surgeon advanced technologies and materials to encourage faster healing and regeneration. We ensure an efficient and quicker dental bone graft recovery process with minimal discomfort or complications!
Customized Treatment
Your specific need is our priority. We create bone grafting treatment plans just for you after assessing your oral health status and bring about the best results for you.

Types of Dental Bone Grafts

Dental bone grafts is a type of dentistry that help to heal the bone by creating ‘de novo’ bone – which means new bone! Many bone graft technologies are used to achieve this, and they have marked differences among them.
At Mission Implant Center, we serve patients from the following types of bone grafts to meet their specific needs. Call us today to schedule an appointment.

Autograft: In simple words. Autograft uses your own healthy bone for dental bone grafting. It can be from any part of your body, typically from the chin or another area of the jaw. Autograft is the most effective method of all. That’s because it uses your own real bone and has zero risk of immune reaction or disease transmission.

Allograft: If you don’t want to use your own bone for the bone graft, we offer an allograft option. Here, a donor bone material is used. It can be generously donated by the family, or a deceased loved one or can be purchased from a licensed donor bank. It is a safe and effective procedure with well-documented success in replacing missing bone.
Xenograft: Here, sufficient bone graft material is taken from the animal and transplanted into your body. It is usually from the bovine source and is largely used in dental procedures. This bone graft can heal the small defects by itself and can turn them into your own bone.
Synthetic Graft: You can also get non-biological options from us through synthetic bone grafts. These graft materials for bone grafts are biocompatible and mimic your natural bone. The ultimate result is encouraging bone growth and regeneration!
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The Bone Graft Process
at Mission Implant Center

1- Initial Consultation and Evaluation:

Your journey with us starts with a consultation and comprehensive evaluation. We’ll first evaluate the condition of your jawbone with our advanced imaging techniques like X-rays or CT-scan. Thus we determine the extent of your bone loss and create a personalized treatment plan just for you!

2-Graft Placement with Comfort

We prioritize your comfort throughout the whole procedure. Essentially the procedure is done under local anesthesia. But if you prefer, we offer a sedation option to you so that you’re totally relaxed during the procedure. Generally, this graft lasts for 20 to 90 minutes. Our experts make an incision in your gum, clean the area, and place the grafting material. Platelet-rich plasma can also be added to your graft to enhance the healing process. After the graft is secured, our experts carefully close the incision with stitches.

3-Healing and Integration

The graft will integrate with your natural bone like its own over the few months after the surgery. In the meantime, we’ll provide close monitoring of the dental graft progress and ensure everything is in place as expected.

4- Implant Placement (If Applicable):

Only after the bone graft is healed, we proceed to dental implant placement. This new grafted bone will provide the necessary strength for the implants and will ensure long-term success.

What to Expect After Your Bone Graft

Well, you can expect minor swelling, mild to moderate discomfort, or pain after
the bone grafting procedure. That’s normal, so don’t worry about it! It will
subside within only a few days. We will provide you with detailed post-op
instructions and necessary medications. Most of our patients recover quickly
and return to their normal activities within a few days of surgery.

Why Choose at Mission Implant
Center for Your Bone Graft?

At Mission Implant Center, we sincerely value the importance of your oral health and confidence. That’s why our highly skilled specialists use all the advanced technologies to offer you a precise and effective graft.

Your comfort and compassionate experience is our first priority. With us, you don’t even have to worry about the cost of the dental bone graft. We offer different financing options to ease your financial burden. We are always ready for your assistance when you are! Contact out dental office to schedule a consultation with us today!

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Bone Grafting?

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that uses transplanted bones or bone substitutes to repair or replace damaged or diseased bones. As for dental bone grafting, it is a type of oral surgery that increases the volume or density of your jawbone. Here, the expert dentists add natural or lab-made powdered bone grafting material to the areas of thinning or losing bones. Dental bone grafting works like a scaffold and holds space in your jaw. It helps your own bone tissue to regenerate or to grow. 

Generally, dentists suggest dental bone grafting before the dental implant surgery or when the alveolar bone loss negatively affects the oral health of the person. Other than these you may need bone augmentation for a number of reasons. It includes filling the gap between the tooth space after tooth extraction and enhancing the volume and width of the jawbone. Moreover, it addresses the bone loss resulting from dental infection. For instance, tooth loss or gum disease.
Yes, a regular dentist can do a bone graft to prevent the tooth from shifting or strengthening it. However, it most likely depends on the experience and skill level of the dentists. A regular dentist can perform simple bone grafting procedures, like after the tooth extraction. But when there are complex indications for bone grafting, an experienced one who specializes in this procedure may be recommended. So, ultimately, it all comes down to the experience, training, and complexity of the specific oral surgery.
In simple words, a little or no pain at all. Typically, dental bone grafting is comparatively a minor procedure. On top of that, anesthesia is used during the procedure. That means you are likely to feel no pain during the actual grafting process as anesthesia will numb it all. However, you may expect some degree of pain and discomfort after the procedure when the anesthesia wears off. However, most of the patient reports that the pain totally subsides within a week or two.

Well, typically, bone grafting can take anywhere between 20 minutes to 90 minutes to complete. But as a rule of thumb, how long it will take for your dentist to do a bone graft depends on a number of factors. Such as the location of the bone graft, how much bone needs to be grafted, loss of bone density, and whether any other procedures need to be done first like tooth extraction. You can expect a simple graft to be completed in 20 minutes to 45 minutes whereas the complex bone graft procedure may take 45 to 90 minutes to perform.

Yes, definitely! Dental bone grafting is worth it for all those patients wanting to replace their lost teeth due to trauma, extraction, or gum diseases. It can restore the damaged bone in the jaw. Dental bone graft buildup is strong enough to replace your missing teeth. It further prevents any more jawbone deterioration and tooth loss, which means improved overall health. You can also experience an enhanced facial appearance with bone grafting as it helps to restore the shape and structure of your jawbone.
All in all, dental bone graft is a safe procedure and does not cause any serious health problems. It can normally cause normal side effects like tenderness, swelling, or bruises and can even be easily managed with OTC medication. Bleeding at the incision site is normal generally and is not serious at all. Nothing to be worried about unless it continues for several days. However, there can be a risk of infection in dental bone grafts if bacteria contaminate the graft site. It can happen either during the surgical procedure or postoperatively. That’s why, ensure to get a dental bone graft from highly skilled experts.
It depends on the type of surgery you have undergone or your pain threshold level. Generally, people report experiencing discomfort for the first few days after the surgery. However, you can feel free from pain at the surgery site within five to seven days after the surgery, at a maximum of two weeks. In the meantime, you can manage the pain with over-the-counter pain relievers.
Well, though many dental policies may not cover the cost of dental implants, they may cover or supplement medically necessary dental bone grafts. That means if your dental implants are required due to medical conditions or an accident, general medical insurance may offer coverage for both dental implants and bone grafting. Aside from this, these policies may also cover these procedures if there is a significant loss of bone enough to impact the patient’s ability to eat. However, you need to discuss this with your health insurance provider to ensure clarity.
Yes, it is normal for a small amount of bone graft material to come out from the incision site, and total bone graft displacement is pretty uncommon. However, you can prevent it just by following some post-op instructions. For example, the dentist generally instructs the patient not to spit forcefully or rinse their mouth for the first 3 to 5 days after the procedure. Moreover, they should also keep themselves from pulling or lifting up their lips to check the stitches or putting any pressure on the graft.

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Dental implant surgery is a procedure in which the tooth roots are replaced by metal, screw-like posts, and the damageda or missing teeth are replaced with artificial teeth that closely resemble natural teeth in appearance and function.

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