Not enough bone for implants

When the jaw bone shrinks, it will reach a stage where there is not enough bone to install the implants, and this can be solved with a specific type of oral surgery at All On 4 Clinic Perth.

If you have been told you don’t have enough bone for implants, we can advise you about bone grafting or regeneration (to create a healthy bone foundation for implants), or a graft-free immediate solution using limited bone availability for a still reliable method of implant teeth.

Bone grafting is a process to “add bone mass” where there is a lack of bone. The graft bone material can be sourced from your own bone, or from external bone substitute materials, or donor bone. Bone grafting can be done via particulate bone in guided bone regeneration (such as “the sausage technique”), or a block of bone (such as block graft or ring graft). Bone grafting is one of the advanced treatment techniques which can be performed in comfort under IV Sedation. Whilst the bone graft is integrating, you would usually continue to wearing a temporary solution such as a denture or bridge, if needed. Once the additional bone has been integrated, dental implants can be inserted to act as a foundation for teeth. This aims to ensure a secure long term foundation of bone and gum around your implants.

Graft-free implant solutions work using suitably designed or angled implants that can make good use of limited, available bone to support your new teeth, without any need for bone grafting procedures, multiples surgeries or stages of treatment. These methods are suitable for full teeth replacement (not for single implants only), and include our methods using most often All On 4 implants (or All On 4 Plus), basal implants, and in severe bone loss cases, zygoma implants and pterygomaxillary implants. If suitable for you, the benefit of graft-free options may include cost, time (usually immediate results), just one procedure and less surgical recovery.

Modern methods allow for implant teeth replacement options that look and feel natural, even in cases of severe dental problems, aesthetic issues and lack of bone. And these solutions are all available in the comfort of I.V. Sedation in our purpose-equipped facilities in Subiaco.

Dr Misagh Habibi and the team at All On 4 Clinic Perth have developed a particular expertise in complex dentistry, implantology and oral (dento-alveolar and periodontal plastic) surgery. He performs advanced full mouth rehabilitation techniques on a regular, day-to-day basis. You can even ask to see results of cases similar to your own. So if you have been told that there is not enough bone for implants, or you wonder if your jaw bone is suitable for implants or not, please contact us for an assessment.

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