The Revolutionary Dental Implant Technology

Upon a complete examination and established treatment plan, we will determine which implant option is the best for you and provide more detailed information and instructions.

Bone Augmentation for Dental Implants Placement

Bone Grafting

Alveolar bone resorption progresses rapidly after the loss of a natural tooth or teeth. 25% to 50% of alveolar bone loss (bone that supports the natural teeth) documented, creates an unfavorable bone condition for dental implants placement. Because of the improved understanding of biomechanics and available bone reconstruction methods (bone grafting), bone augmentation before dental implants placement has become a necessary procedure.

What is Bone Grafting

• The replacement of bone in the portion of the jaw that anchors the teeth
• A procedure often performed to replace lost bone due to tooth loss, trauma or ill-fitting dentures
• Commonly done to rebuild the bone structure beneath the gums to place the dental implants

Dental Bone Grafting Options

• Bone from patient's own body (autograft)
• Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2): synthetically produced, naturally occurring protein that stimulates a person's cells to produce bone
• Bone graft fillers
• - From other people (allograft)
• - Animals (xenograft)
• - Synthetic (man-made)

At Icon Dental we mainly use Autograft, rhBMP-2, Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis Technique and Allograft.

Autograft

Surgically harvested from another site in the patient's own body (symphysis, ramus, tuberosity of the jaw) and transplanted into the site of the defect.

Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2):

• - Eliminates the need for a second surgery to harvest bone from the patient's body
• - Potentially decreases surgical time and reduces reliance on anesthesia
• - No recovery time for second-site bone harvest
• - Proven, predictable bone growth for dental implants placement

Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis

it was not until the late 1980's that Professor Dr. G. Elizarov was able to make the breakthrough, taking this idea into the mainstream. R. Elizarov must certainly be considered the father of distraction osteogenesis technology. The technique utilizes a special devise to stretch (expand) the patient's own bone.

Upon a complete examination and established treatment plan, we will determine which bone grafting option is the best for you and provide more detailed information and instructions.

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