Bone restoration
After a tooth is lost or extracted, bone restoration helps
preserve your jaw, protect nearby teeth, and prepare for an implant.
How the bone restoration process works
Bone restoration encourages healthy bone regrowth in areas where a tooth has been removed. Here’s how it works.
Full evaluation
Your dentist or oral surgeon will take X-rays to check the health of your jawbone and build a personalized treatment plan.
Bone grafting
Bone grafting material is placed in the empty socket where the tooth was removed. This encourages your jaw to grow healthy new bone.
Healing and integration
Over the next few months, your jaw naturally grows into the grafting material, restoring bone strength.
Ready for an implant
Once the new bone is strong enough, it’s ready to support a dental implant that looks and functions like a natural tooth.
Close those gaps with dental implants
Once your jaw has healed after bone restoration, you may be ready for a dental implant. Implants offer a permanent solution with the strength, stability, and natural appearance of a real tooth.
Flexible payment options for everyone
We accept most insurance plans, including Medi-Cal and Medicaid, and offer financing options to fit your budget. Whether you’re insured or not, we’ll help find a solution that works for you.
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Bone restoration FAQs
Bone restoration is a procedure that rebuilds lost jawbone after a tooth has been removed. It creates a solid foundation for future dental implants and helps prevent bone loss near the gap.
Without a tooth to stimulate the jawbone, the bone begins to shrink over time. Bone restoration helps maintain jaw strength, protect neighboring teeth, and prepare for an implant.
Not always. Your dentist or oral surgeon will evaluate your bone health using X-rays to determine whether a graft is needed.
Bone restoration is done under local anesthesia, so you won’t feel pain during the procedure. Some soreness afterward is normal, but it’s usually manageable with over-the-counter pain relief.
Healing can take anywhere from 3 to 12 months, depending on the size of the graft and your overall health. Your dentist will monitor your progress and let you know when your jaw is ready for an implant.