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Bone augmentation after tooth loss

When teeth are lost due to inflammation, for example, the surrounding jawbone recedes over time. The body always follows the principle of lightweight construction: if there is no bone stress, the bone that is not needed is simply broken down. Bone augmentation becomes necessary:

If you want to replace teeth that were lost a long time ago with dental implants, it is sometimes necessary to build up the lost jawbone. This is the only way to restore a long-term stable, natural and harmonious situation.

We have various techniques available for this:

• Bone augmentation with titanium-reinforced membrane, without bone replacement materials
• Bone augmentation with bone replacement materials (e.g. so-called sinus lift in the upper jaw)
• Bone filling directly after tooth extraction (so-called socket preservation)

In many cases, bone augmentation is possible without bone replacement materials. A titanium-reinforced barrier membrane is sufficient to give the body the impetus to form its own bone underneath the membrane. After the implants have healed, this membrane is removed again during the so-called exposure. This relatively new technique has shown excellent results in our practice and is also “vegan” (bone replacement materials, on the other hand, are of animal origin).

The so-called sinus lift, a bone augmentation in the upper jaw molar region, can be avoided in some cases by choosing a short implant. If the sinus lift is still necessary, we use a gentle piezosurgical procedure in our practice.

Which technique is used can be decided after careful planning, with three-dimensional imaging. I would be happy to advise you!

Dr. Lukas Rudolf