Categories: Jawbone Grafting

How Lasers Prep Smiles For Grafting

When you suffer from tooth loss, which can happen due to untreated gum disease, this could weaken your smile and make it unable to support dental implants. But with jawbone grafting and sinus lifts, and the assistance of laser dentistry, we can strengthen your smile. In today’s blog, your Encinitas/San Diego, CA, periodontist talks about laser jawbone grafting!

Periodontal Disease and Missing Teeth

When you have periodontal disease and don’t seek treatment to manage it, the disease could reach an advanced stage known as periodontitis. At this stage, the disease could destroy the connective tissues between your teeth and gums, which leads to adult tooth loss. Once you lose one or more teeth, the body will stop sending nutrients to the area around the missing roots, which means the jawbone loses mass and density. As your smile weakens, you could find yourself without enough tissue to support the placement of dental implants. However, we can rebuild and strengthen these portions with grafting and sinus lift procedures.

The Jawbone Grafting Procedure

The procedure is designed to strengthen the lower jaw. Our team will start with dental lasers to make any necessary modifications to the gum and underlying bone structure. We then add new material to the area to fortify. This could be tissue taken from your own body, such as bone from the rear of your jaw, your hip, or from your knee bone. We could also discuss synthetic sucres too. Once in place, this will bond with the lower portion of your smile and provide enough structure to support dental implants. When the area heals, we can move forward with this process, securing one or more new teeth with implants that are inserted into your jaw and act as new roots. You then enjoy new teeth that can last for decades to come!

Sinus Lift

What about the upper portion of your jaw? For this area, we will again employ advanced and precise dental lasers to make any necessary modifications to the area. We then essentially raise the sinus floor to uncover new structures that can support one or more dental implants, so you can receive a new tooth or support a bridge or even a denture that is fixed in place. If you have any questions about how we strengthen smiles with laser-assisted jawbone grafting and sinus lifts, then contact our team to learn more.

Talk To Our Team About Jawbone Grafting with Laser Technology

Our team is ready to help take on weakened jawbone structure and tooth loss, preparing your smile with laser dentistry. To schedule your appointment with our team and start the process of obtaining a full smile, call Dr. Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.

 

Dr. Kania

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