One major complication of untreated periodontal disease is the loss of your natural teeth. Without tooth roots, the jaw weakens and this could complicate your ability to receive dental implants. But we can help with jawbone grafting! In today’s blog, Dr. Ann Kania talks about laser-assisted jawbone grafting and implant placement.

The Loss of Mass and Density in Your Jaw

How does gum disease and tooth loss lead to an aged appearance and weakened jawbone? When we have the periodontitis stage of gum disease, this can begin to weaken and destroy the connective tissues between your teeth and gums. Without these attachment tissues, you develop loose and missing teeth. The body will register the loss of your tooth roots and stop sending doses of calcium and phosphorus to the jawbone around the missing root. Without these nutrients, the area weakens and erodes. You develop an aged appearance and your lower jaw may not be able to support dental implants to address your tooth loss. But! We can help by not only managing the disease, but strengthening the lower jaw with grafting.

Grafting

With jawbone grafting, our team will essentially add new tissues to the weakened lower jaw, so you can receive replacement teeth. The new tissues could be bone taken from the rear of your jaw, your hip, or your knee. We could also use synthetic or donor sources. When this is applied to the jaw, it bonds with the bone structure and can remain in place for a lifetime.

Once we complete this step, we can then guide dental implants into place, which act as new roots and protect your newly strengthened jawbone, so you can enjoy a stronger smile and results that can last for decades to come, possibly a lifetime.

Assisting with Dental Lasers

We assist the entire process with the use of advanced dental lasers. To manage the underlying disease, we can use lasers to trim away diseased parts of your gums and to destroy and control harmful bacteria. We then use lasers to aid in adjusting attachment tissues and underlying structures as part of the repair process, and to even aid in preparing the gums and structures for dental implant placement. Laser care takes one visit and rarely requires anesthesia, approving care with precision and accuracy.

If you have any questions about how we strengthen your jaw with laser-assisted treatment, then contact our team today to learn more. We want to help you enjoy a full and beautiful smile again!

Schedule Your Appointment for Grafting

Our team wants to help strengthen your jaw and secure dental implants. To learn more about rebuilding smiles and replacing missing teeth, call Dr. Ann Kania in Encinitas, CA, today at 760-642-0711.