Would getting artificial bone help with stability of teeth?
Q. Hello I had teeth taken out in error by a dentist when I was 12 years old. The top two wisdom teeth were never there. I fractured one molar ice skating so now I have no upper molars on the left hand side of the jaw. I am aware that there is little bone. Could you please let me know of the advantages of own versus artificial bone especially in terms of endurance and stability, I play a lot of sports including skiing etc where falls are possible. Do you have patients who have had artificial bone more than 5 years ago and how is the bone and implant fairing. Many thanks I have been wanting to go ahead and have the implants for a while and would welcome the advice.,
A. Your own bone is considered the gold standard but involves a separate procedure to harvest the bone. It often needs supplementing with artificial bone as well anyway. Artificial bone has shown to be successful in many cases over a 20 year period it has been used
hi ive visited my dentist on many occasions all my top teeth wich are crowns,caps and god knows what else they have charged me for are all loose due to the bone receding,he has told me that implants wud not b suitable wud it b possible to have bone taken out of a different part of my body to reconstruct getting fed up of living of soups and baby food ty desperate
Yes it’s certainly possible. We can graft bone to replace what’s missing, artificial bone can be used. Grafts in extreme cases can be taken from the chin of the hip. It would be wise to see a Prosthodontist or a dentist with expertise in complex implant cases
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