What is a dental bone transplant and how does it function?
When jawbone has been lost, a dental bone transplant is required. This operation is often carried out before dental implants are inserted or when nearby teeth are suffering from bone loss.
The volume and density of your jaw are increased in regions of bone loss through a dental bone transplant. The bone graft material may either be obtained from an animal tissue bank or from a human tissue bank (autogenous or allograft) (xenograft). The bone transplant material may sometimes be synthetic.
How do dental bone graft’s function?
Once the bone transplant is in place, it creates room for your body to do the necessary healing job. In other words, a dental bone transplant acts as a scaffold for the growth and regeneration of your own bone tissue.
Your dentist could sometimes mix a dental bone transplant with platelet-rich plasma (PRP). This promotes healing and tissue regeneration and is...