What is the best age to have a bone graft and implant?
Q. My daughter was born without her #7 adult tooth, she has been through 2 phases of braces and is now 13-14 in Nov. Above the space of the missing tooth is a very noticable indent in her gums. My question is; What is the best age for her to have a bone graft and implant? And is it possable to do the bone graft to remove the indent now and use a maryland bridge instead or do an implant in her late teens or early 20′s. Will the bone graft hold or will it disintegrate?
A. Unless an implant is put into the graft it will shrink away. My advice would be to place the maryland and wait till she is 19 for a graft and implant.
Dr Andrew Moore
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how long should a bone graft be left to settle before an implant is inserted,
thank you for your enquiry. It depends on the type of bone graft and how much bone has been grafted, it can be anything from 2 months onwards.
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