Bone grafting for dental implants in London

When a patient loses a tooth, or, even worse, several teeth, the bone in that area will shrink considerably. This will have a tremendous impact in case the patient then wants to restore the missing tooth or teeth, whether with a dental implant or a bridge.

In these cases, bone grafting prior to implant placement may be required in order to achieve a predictable, stable, easy to maintain and more aesthetic outcome.

What is bone grafting?

Bone grafting (bone augmentation) is the transfer of bone tissue from another location within the body (autogenous bone), the insertion of a natural replacement material (allogenic bone) or even the use of a synthetic tissue (artificial, also called xenogenic, bone) to an oral site where it is needed after bone volume loss. It is also possible to blend a patient’s bone with a natural or artificial bone resource to restore the original contour of the jawbone and so prepare for a dental implant.

This surgery can be necessary if an implant is needed but the current volume of your jawbone is not strong enough to support one if fitted. Bone grafting can be performed on the upper or lower jaws and is often conducted on an outpatient basis, under local anaesthetic or light sedation, at our clinic in Wimpole Street, central London.

If comprehensive bone augmentation with bone extraction from the pelvis is advised, please note that this is not conducted under normal sedation in our clinic. Usually, the range of bone grafting procedures offered in our clinic from the straightforward to the more complex is enough to solve 99.9 % of all implant and bone augmentation cases.