Jeff Velasquez, DDS
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Dental bone grafting is a crucial procedure for restoring jawbone structure and ensuring optimal oral health, especially for patients considering dental implants.
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Here's why dental bone grafting is important:
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Here's why dental bone grafting is important:
- Restoring Bone Loss: When a tooth is lost or damaged due to decay, injury, or periodontal disease, the jawbone in that area can start to deteriorate and become thin. A dental bone graft can restore the bone to a healthy condition by filling in the areas where bone is deficient or missing.
- Providing a Strong Foundation for Dental Implants: Dental implants are considered the best long-term tooth replacement option, but they require sufficient bone density and volume in the jaw for successful placement and integration. Bone grafting provides a stable foundation for implants, ensuring their longevity and functionality.
- Preserving Facial Structure: The jawbone provides support for the skin and muscles of the face, and bone loss can lead to changes in facial appearance, including a prematurely aged look. Bone grafting helps maintain the integrity of the jaw, preserving the facial contours.
- Improving Functionality & Stability for Removable Dentures: Bone grafting can help restore normal oral function, including chewing and speech, which can be affected by tooth loss and bone loss.
- Preventing Further Complications: Without a bone graft, tooth loss can lead to shifting of the remaining teeth and other dental problems. Bone grafting helps prevent these issues by maintaining the jawbone's structural integrity.
- Reconstructing jawbone defects and restoring lost bone tissue.
- Providing a stable base for dental implants
- Providing stability removable Dentures.
- Preserving facial structure and aesthetics.
- Improving chewing and speaking abilities.
- Preventing further dental complications.
Post Op Instructions after Bone Graft Procedure
Do not disturb the wound. Do not spit, rinse, drink with a straw and touch the area on the day of the surgery. There will be a suture and if your surgery was on the
upper jaw, avoid sneezing and blowing your nose so the maxillary sinus won't be disturbed or gets affected.
*Bleeding*
Some bleeding or redness in the saliva is normal for 24 hours if bone graft was done right after extraction of a tooth &/or teeth. Excessive bleeding (your mouth fills up
rapidly with blood) can be controlled by biting on a gauze pad placed directly on the bleeding wound for 30 minutes. If bleeding continues please call the office for
further instructions.
*Swelling*
Swelling is a normal occurrence after surgery. To minimize swelling, pain and bruising, apply an ice bag, or a plastic bag, or towel filled with ice on the cheek area of
surgery or ice chips inside the mouth on the side of the surgery. Apply the ice continuously, as much as possible, for the first 36 hours.
*Diet*
Drink plenty of fluids. Avoid hot liquids or food. Soft food and liquids should be eaten on the day of surgery. Return to a normal diet as soon as possible unless otherwise directed.
*Pain*
you should begin taking pain medication even before the local anesthetic starts to wear off
*Antibiotics*
Please make sure to take the prescribed antibiotics as directed to help prevent infection.
*Oral Hygiene*
Good oral hygiene is essential to faster healing. The night of the surgery, avoid rinsing your mouth vigorously and do not use toothpaste when brushing so you don’t
feel the need of rinsing your mouth. Be gentle initially with brushing the surgical areas.
*Activity*
Keep physical activities to a minimum immediately following surgery. If you are considering exercise,
Throbbing or bleeding may occur. If this occurs, you should discontinue exercising. Keep in mind that you are probably not taking normal nourishment. This may
weaken you and further limit your ability to exercise.
*Wearing your Prosthesis*
Partial dentures, flippers, or full dentures should not be used immediately after surgery. This was discussed in the pre-operative consultation.
Post Operative Problems or Complications: As with any procedure, unexpected post operative healing can occur. It is our desire that your recovery be as smooth
and pleasant as possible. Please call and let us know
1 .If you notice the unexpected flow of air or liquid between your mouth & nose.
2. For upper molar implant with bone graft procedure and you see small particles of graft material being discharge
from the nose.
3. For upper implant procedure and you experience sinus or nasal congestion on the side your surgery was performed.
4. Increase of swelling in your mouth, cheek or under your eye after 3 days.
Oral Hygiene
Good oral hygiene is essential to faster healing. The night of the surgery, avoid rinsing your mouth vigorously and do not use toothpaste when brushing so you don’t
feel the need of rinsing your mouth. Be gentle initially with brushing the surgical areas. The day after surgery, the Peridex should be used twice daily for 30 seconds,
after breakfast and before bed. Do not eat, drink or rinse your mouth for 30 minutes after using the medicated rinse. Using this rinse more than twice a day will cause
staining of your teeth. Warm salt water rinses (teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water) should be used at least 4-5 times a day, as well, especially after meals
upper jaw, avoid sneezing and blowing your nose so the maxillary sinus won't be disturbed or gets affected.
*Bleeding*
Some bleeding or redness in the saliva is normal for 24 hours if bone graft was done right after extraction of a tooth &/or teeth. Excessive bleeding (your mouth fills up
rapidly with blood) can be controlled by biting on a gauze pad placed directly on the bleeding wound for 30 minutes. If bleeding continues please call the office for
further instructions.
*Swelling*
Swelling is a normal occurrence after surgery. To minimize swelling, pain and bruising, apply an ice bag, or a plastic bag, or towel filled with ice on the cheek area of
surgery or ice chips inside the mouth on the side of the surgery. Apply the ice continuously, as much as possible, for the first 36 hours.
*Diet*
Drink plenty of fluids. Avoid hot liquids or food. Soft food and liquids should be eaten on the day of surgery. Return to a normal diet as soon as possible unless otherwise directed.
*Pain*
you should begin taking pain medication even before the local anesthetic starts to wear off
*Antibiotics*
Please make sure to take the prescribed antibiotics as directed to help prevent infection.
*Oral Hygiene*
Good oral hygiene is essential to faster healing. The night of the surgery, avoid rinsing your mouth vigorously and do not use toothpaste when brushing so you don’t
feel the need of rinsing your mouth. Be gentle initially with brushing the surgical areas.
*Activity*
Keep physical activities to a minimum immediately following surgery. If you are considering exercise,
Throbbing or bleeding may occur. If this occurs, you should discontinue exercising. Keep in mind that you are probably not taking normal nourishment. This may
weaken you and further limit your ability to exercise.
*Wearing your Prosthesis*
Partial dentures, flippers, or full dentures should not be used immediately after surgery. This was discussed in the pre-operative consultation.
Post Operative Problems or Complications: As with any procedure, unexpected post operative healing can occur. It is our desire that your recovery be as smooth
and pleasant as possible. Please call and let us know
1 .If you notice the unexpected flow of air or liquid between your mouth & nose.
2. For upper molar implant with bone graft procedure and you see small particles of graft material being discharge
from the nose.
3. For upper implant procedure and you experience sinus or nasal congestion on the side your surgery was performed.
4. Increase of swelling in your mouth, cheek or under your eye after 3 days.
Oral Hygiene
Good oral hygiene is essential to faster healing. The night of the surgery, avoid rinsing your mouth vigorously and do not use toothpaste when brushing so you don’t
feel the need of rinsing your mouth. Be gentle initially with brushing the surgical areas. The day after surgery, the Peridex should be used twice daily for 30 seconds,
after breakfast and before bed. Do not eat, drink or rinse your mouth for 30 minutes after using the medicated rinse. Using this rinse more than twice a day will cause
staining of your teeth. Warm salt water rinses (teaspoon of salt in a cup of warm water) should be used at least 4-5 times a day, as well, especially after meals