Bone grafting is a process designed specifically to regenerate and replace lost bone.

Tooth loss can cause bone deterioration within a short period of time. Bone grafting is designed specifically to replace lost bone. Growing new and healthy bone provides the necessary support for dental implants. Your suitability for receiving dental implants depends on the condition of your existing bone and needs to be determined on an individual basis.

Bone grafting techniques and materials have steadily improved

Brener Clinic can harvest your own stem cells to incorporate into the graft material, making a “steaky bone” that is placed alongside the existing bone.

Brener Clinic can also perform highly predictable grafts using bone from certified donor banks. Bone from these donor banks has been used since 1982, with no proven cross contamination of any diseases. Using safe donor banks limits the need to harvest your own bone, markedly reducing surgical time and increasing predictability of a bone graft.

In some circumstances it may be necessary to harvest your own bone. A block of  bone from a person's own chin or side of the lower jaw can be used to fill the missing volume of bone.

Bone loss can be caused by:

- loss of a tooth or teeth

- localized infection

- gum disease

- trauma

- Some people may have a jawbone that is too narrow or shallow and cannot support an implant. They may also have a missing a portion of bone, a “bony defect”.

In all these cases Brener Clinic uses the latest bone grafting techniques to help restore sufficient bone to support dental implants.

Replacing lost teeth quickly can reduce the risk of bone loss. If you are not ready for dental implants at the time that your teeth are lost or removed, Brener Clinic may recommend a socket graft procedure to maintain the bone in that area until your implants can be placed.