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Atlanta Dental Implants FAQ: What Are Bone Grafts For Dental Implants
A bone graft is a way of building up your existing bone so that it can provide a suitable
base for implants.
Repair bone that is too narrow and/or shallow to provide a stable foundation for implants.
Options for building up bone to support implants:
• Collecting bone from your own mouth and reusing
• Synthetic materials are sometimes used to simulate bone growth
• Sinuses are lifted and bone is inserted into the sinus chambers to simulate growth
• Take bone from another part of the body (the hip is common) and use it.
The goal in each of these cases is to help the patient grow new and healthy bone tissue
that will support the dental implant procedure.