>> BONE-GRAFTING/SINUS-LIFT

By using bone grafting or sinus lift methods the jaw bone can be reconstructed in case of bone loss caused by resorption due to missing teeth or ill-fitting removable dentures.

Sinus lifts have become common over the past 15 years as more people are getting dental implants to replace missing teeth, thereby avoiding uncomfortable dentures. Nowadays, artificial bone-graft material is used more commonly than bone.

Such granules of bone-graft material are also popular for filling in cavities left behind in the jaw bone after surgical extraction of teeth, particulary wisdom teeth.