Dental discussion.....ugh.

MaryGJ
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:08:11 +0000

The bone graft is needed sometimes to stabilize the walls of the socket. Imagine putting a screw into a spot where the bone wall is paper thin on one side…it would open it up to a risk of complications, fracture at that spot, etc…and risk ruining the alignment and stability of the screw. If the bone is good on all sides, the screw can be implanted right away. If the bone is thin, you need to build it up for a while with a graft and natural healing (your own bone cells will grow across the graft and become thicker, stronger, living bone) Whether you need a graft or not will just depend on how the socket looks after the extraction. Good sockets…you get to go right to the next step. If you have weak spots, they need to be corrected first.