Bone grafting can restore areas with insufficient bone caused by tooth extractions, gum disease, facial injuries, or other conditions. Depending on your needs, grafting material may come from a tissue bank or from your own body, including areas such as the jaw, hip, or tibia.

For patients needing implants in the upper back jaw, sinus bone grafting may also be performed to increase available bone volume. In some cases, special membranes are used to protect the graft and encourage new bone growth through guided bone regeneration or guided tissue regeneration techniques.

Major bone grafting procedures are typically used to repair significant jaw defects caused by trauma, tumor removal, or congenital conditions. Larger defects may require the use of the patient’s own bone harvested from donor areas such as the hip, skull, or tibia. These advanced procedures are commonly performed in a hospital setting and may require additional recovery time.