Implanting teeth is just like building the house. The foundation must be solid and stable enough to support the whole house, so does the teeth implants. It needs enough alveolar bone as the foundation. On averagec, the height of alveolar bone need to be at least 1~1.2CM and the width need to be at least 0.6~0.7CM, to guarantee the effect of dental implants. Dentist at Shenzhen A.K.J Stomatology Hospital says if the patient’s alveolar bone condition is poor, they should receive the bone grafting therapy in advance. The most common way of alveolar bone grafting is Guided Bone Tissue Regeneration. In brief, the process includes the following main steps:

Step 1: fill the alveolar bone with bone dust. It will guide and contribute to the increase of alveolar bone and a stable foundation. Each patient has the different capacity of growing the alveolar bone, so the time spent waiting for is also different.

Step 2: after the alveolar bone has increased and the wound is healed, patients are able to receive the dental implanted surgery.

Attention: ensuring the bon tissue surrounding the implants. Only possessing the excellent healthy foundation can we wear denture on the implants. Such accurate and complex process is the premise of the dental implantation.

Furthermore, times of receiving bone grafting are not the same. It depends on the extent of bone defect. Sometimes it can be proceed together with the dental implanted surgery. Sometimes reconstructing alveolar bone in advance is needed, and implanting after alveolar bone grows well.

Not every patient needs alveolar bone grafting because they have different ages, different degrees of oral cavity, different edentulous area and different alveolar bone. Nevertheless, patients with bone loss or insufficient bone had better receive alveolar bone grafting to increase the success rate of the dental implanted surgery.

General speaking, dentist will judge if patient is suitable for dental implants by examination before dental implanted surgery. It includes the examination of periodontal disease, diabetes and other diseases, to judge whether the alveolar bone of edentulous area is sufficient and need for alveolar bone grafting or not. This can be done by the experienced dentist. Therefore, patients should choose a professional and formal stomatology hospital for dental implants.