Before you can get a dental implant from Bay Area Surgical Arts in San Francisco and Cupertino, we have to make sure you have enough health bone in your jaw. Plenty of healthy bone is essential, because it provides the support and stabilization required for a successful implant. A dental implant is a titanium post…
Bone grafting
Everything you need to know about Dental Bone Grafting
Categories: Blog, Bone grafting
What exactly is a bone graft?: Bone grafting is a surgical procedure done when you need to repair bone fractures or replace bone loss. When a tooth is missing or retracted from the alveolar bones that support your roots, gums and teeth, it eventually evaporates, causing facial features to shift and sag over time. This…
Sinus Lifts and Dental Implants
If you have dentures or a missing tooth that was extracted many years ego, dental implants can be transformative in many ways. Dental implants are designed to replace and function just like a natural tooth. But before you can get a dental implant, it is essential that you have enough bone to act as the…
Bone Grafts in San Francisco: A Necessary First Step
We know that dental implants can transform your life. Implants are designed to replace the gap in your smile with a natural tooth. In some cases if multiple implants are used, you can replace all of your teeth in a procedure referred to as “All-on-4”. So now you can now have an artificial tooth that…
Jaw Surgery in San Francisco
Some times corrective jaw surgery, or otherwise know as “orthographic surgery,” may be necessary when a patient’s jaws do not fit together properly. This misalignment can cause issues with activities as common as chewing food or speaking. They can also cause headaches due to clinching and grinding, and even sleep apnea, a condition in which…
Bone Grafting for Dental Implants
Bone grafting and dental implants typically go hand-in-hand, as the loss of a tooth can wear down the surrounding jawbone structure and a dental implant is a common procedure toreplace lost teeth. As soon as a person loses a tooth, bone loss begins. In order to place a sturdy, reliable dental implant, bone grafting procedure…
Autograft vs Allograft
Categories: Blog, Bone grafting
So, you were recently told by your doctor that you need a bone graft, but you aren’t quite sure what that means. A bone graft is a surgical procedure that is used to fix bones or joints that were damaged by trauma, and it is also used to replace bone that is missing to provide…
3D Printers and Bone Grafting
Categories: Bone grafting
There is exciting news in bone grafting technology that will hopefully find its way into the oral surgeon’s office over the next decade! Researchers have been able to create a synthetic bone material using 3D printers that may be better than what is being used now.
Types of Jaw Surgery
Your jaw consists of two parts; the maxilla or upper jaw and the mandible or lower jaw . Sometimes these are misaligned and need to be put back into place for bite reasons, or for aesthetic purposes. Corrective jaw surgery straightens or aligns the jaw, and is often referred to as “orthognathic” surgery; “orthos” meaning…
Pre-Implant Bone Augmentation
We are all unique, and so is your mouth! Sometimes, your jaw needs to be beefed up a little, and we’re not talking a hefty workout at the gym. You may have lost teeth due to gum disease which has resulted in bone loss, or you could just have been “born that way” and need…
