Rebuild and strengthen your jawbone to support a healthy, lasting smile with expert bone grafting.
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Your jawbone is the foundation of your smile. If one isn’t healthy the other one won’t be either. When you lose teeth, you also start to lose jawbone mass. Your face can take on an unhealthy, sunken, and even prematurely aged look as a result. Protect your teeth and jaws by brushing and flossing as directed. If your jawbone begins to recede, count on Dr. Rod Gleave to rebuild and strengthen it with bone grafting in Salt Lake City, UT. With 30 years in practice, extensive training from renowned institutions including the Las Vegas Institute and Misch Implant Institute, and 1,000 dental implant placements to his credit, he knows best how to repair and prepare a jawbone for dental implants!
Dr. Gleave uses the innovative technique of bone grafting to regrow and replace jawbone in areas where it has receded. This involves taking a small portion of bone material from a donor source or an artificial substitute and placing it in the recessed areas. This material will gradually grow together with the existing healthy bone, restoring its volume, strength, and appearance. After that, your jawbone should be able to support dental implants, which replace your lost teeth with durable artificial ones.
Dr. Gleave can either perform bone grafting before the implant placement or pack the bone material around the implants as he’s placing them. Be assured, he will keep you relaxed and pain-free throughout the entire procedure with sedation dentistry options including oral sedation, nitrous oxide, and IV sedation. With your jaw and teeth restored, you’ll regain a more youthful, healthful appearance, smile confidently, and be able to eat a satisfying variety of foods again.
When teeth are lost or jawbone deteriorates, it can affect not only your oral health but also your facial appearance. Bone grafting treatments help rebuild and restore bone structure, providing a strong foundation for dental implants and improving the overall shape of your jaw and smile.
Ridge augmentation rebuilds and reshapes areas of the jaw that have lost bone due to missing teeth. By adding bone graft material, Dr. Gleave restores the natural contour of your jaw, improving both the function and appearance of your smile.
A sinus lift addresses bone loss in the upper jaw, where sinuses are located. Dr. Gleave gently raises the sinus floor and adds bone graft material, creating the necessary support for dental implants and preventing complications related to a sunken sinus.
Biological healing techniques use your body’s own regenerative abilities to promote bone growth. Treatments like BMP and plasma-rich growth factors (PrGF) stimulate new bone and tissue formation, protect the healing site, and enhance recovery after bone grafting procedures.
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