Bone plastic

Bone plastic

In recent years, the effectiveness of replacing missing teeth using dental implants is beyond doubt. But most often, dentists are faced with a shortage of bone tissue in the jaw, which complicates the installation of implants. This usually happens because after the removal of the tooth, the load on this area of ​​the jaw stops, and at the same time, nutrition decreases and bone tissue is resorbed - resorption.

Three types of resorption are distinguished in dentistry:

1. Vertical, in which the height of the cellular alveolar process decreases.

2. Horizontal, which is characterized by a narrowing of the alveolar process.

3. Combined, with reduction of the alveolar process horizontally and vertically.

If you delay the restoration of the missing tooth, the bone tissue deficiency will become so pronounced that implantation will no longer be possible. In such cases, one cannot do without bone grafting to increase the height and width of the alveolar process. This led to the development of such an important direction in dental implantology as bone plastic surgery.