Dr. William Turner is pleased to offer advanced dental implant services at our Raleigh, NC, dental office, including bone grafting. If you want a dental implant but have experienced bone loss in your jaw, building up bone mass with grafting is essential for successful placement.
Bone grafting stimulates bone growth to rebuild your jawbone and provide a strong, stable foundation for a dental implant.
Dental Bone Grafting Process
Dental bone grafting is a minimally-invasive surgical procedure that involves the following steps:
Initial evaluation — A thorough examination, including x-rays and 3-D cone beam imaging, to determine if you need a bone graft.
- Placing grafting material — After thoroughly numbing the treatment area, Dr. Turner makes a small incision in the gum tissue, places the graft in the area of bone loss, and closes the site with sutures. The bone graft material may come from your body, a donor, or we may use synthetic materials. Dr. Turner will recommend the best option for you.
- Healing and integration — Over the next few months, the grafted bone material integrates with your jawbone, which creates a strong and stable foundation for your implant.
- Placing your implant — Once the bone graft successfully integrates, Dr. Turner will place your dental implant.
Are You a Candidate for Bone Grafting?
Our approach to dental care emphasizes total health and well-being and ensures you receive the highest standard of treatment. Dr. Turner's expertise in bone grafting and dental implant procedures allows us to provide exceptional care to restore your smile.
Please call our Raleigh, NC, dental office to see if bone grafting can benefit you.