Friday, July 27, 2012

Consult With Your Long Island Periodontist About Jawbone Augmentation

By Ashlee Beran


Believe your Long Island periodontist as he claims that jawbone augmentation is good for you. He actually knows best. When complicated extractions, gum diseases, resorption, missing incisors and other such congenital problems, as well as tooth extractions that go untreated, pose a problem to the overall dental hygiene and well-being, a ridge splitting procedure like a jawbone augmentation may be up for recommendation for dental implants or even for making a fixed bridge.

Since tooth extractions sometimes cause tiny amount of bone loss, bone graft surgery via jawbone augmentation is necessary for implant dentistry to fortify a specific implant site so they can rehabilitate a jawbone when bone loss is in a much larger scale. On the other hand, not many are likely candidate in this type of surgery as there is the question of the width of a jawbone. Some are so narrow hence the manual packing of the bone graft material into the area may heal well and may be regarded as healthy but will not endure the biting and chewing pressures because the individual eats. A Long Island periodontist will simply choose to call for bone graft surgery when a candidate is present.

How then does a Long Island periodontist create candidacy with this kind of dental implants? The important thing is to locate, or maybe if not available, make a solid rock environment. This means that, the implant must be supported by a strong natural bone. The dentist will then take apart both walls on the ridge of this bone and interleave the dental implant with a dense pack of amalgam of pounded bone graft matter. It is very important to produce accurate measurements as to the width of the separation that will exactly accommodate a specific size of dental implant.

Today, there's a specialized tool known as the Osteotome which comes in a number of sizes to regulate the amount of modification to the ridge. The tool is going to be placed into the boney ridge to make a calibrated implant depth and width that matches with all the data from the patient and taking into consideration the kind of implant that is to be used. Osteotomes are also available in graduated sizing so even the smallest increments could be captured. This provides a different degree of precision that will get rid of the possibility that implant failure altogether and will promote maintenance of overall hard and soft tissue health.

After a precision match is made, your Long Island periodontist will then pack the bone matrix product into the operation site to include density on the bone and make a tight fit, and suture on the healing cap having the implant. A special membrane for healing should also be placed immediately before final suturing. Depending to the dentist's assessment of the situation, after three months or so, a minor gum surgery might be necessary to expose the healing cap and re-suture the gums to further create a snug fit around the implant. When gum cells have completely healed, the implant abutment is going to be placed to support a temporary crown then eventually, the last restorative crown will be placed for proper aesthetics.




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