Surgical Dentistry
Bone Grafting
Rebuilding jaw bone volume so an implant can be placed in the correct position, not merely where bone remains.
- Duration
- 45 to 90 minutes; healing 4 to 6 months
- Recovery
- Swelling for three to five days; soft diet for two weeks
- Anaesthetic
- Local anaesthetic; sedation available
Bone Grafting
Bone narrows after a tooth is lost. Grafting restores enough width or height for the implant to be placed where the crown needs to sit — which is what determines whether the final tooth looks and functions correctly.
Placing an implant into insufficient bone forces a compromise: an angled crown, a visible metal margin or a fixture too close to the outer plate. Grafting removes that compromise.
Benefits
- Implant placed in the prosthetically correct position
- Supports the gum contour around the final crown
- Often carried out at the same time as the extraction
- Biocompatible graft materials with documented outcomes
- Avoids visible defects in the smile zone
The procedure
- 01 Cone-beam assessment of the defect
- 02 Selection of graft material and membrane
- 03 Surgical access and site preparation
- 04 Graft placement and membrane fixation
- 05 Tension-free closure and suturing
- 06 Healing period of four to six months before implant placement
Technology
Xenograft and allograft materials, resorbable collagen membranes and piezoelectric bone surgery.
Aftercare
Do not wear a removable denture over a fresh graft site unless we have specifically adjusted it — pressure is the most common cause of graft failure.
In the treatment room
In our patients’ words
What convinced me was the mock-up. I walked around with the trial teeth for two days before anything was cut, and I could change the shape twice. The final result is exactly what I approved, not a surprise.
Katharina M.
Germany · Hollywood Smile
I had worn an upper denture for eleven years. The provisional bridge went in the same afternoon as the surgery. Six months later I ate a steak for the first time since 2013.
Pierre D.
France · All-on-4 Implants
I live in Moscow and flew in twice in fourteen months. Everything else was photographs through the app. Dr Volkova replied to my questions herself, not through an assistant.
Olga S.
Russia · Invisalign
