I have severe bone loss in my upper jaw, and the dentist wants to extract my teeth and give me dentures. I want dental implants, but with the amount of bone loss that may not be possible. Do I have options? Has anyone tried Emdogain or other bone regeneration techniques, or would bone grafting give me the bone I need? I really don't want dentures.
Answer: Second opinion kindly share some radiographs for more insights there are various options like implants and even basal implants which can be done and has good results
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Answer: Second opinion kindly share some radiographs for more insights there are various options like implants and even basal implants which can be done and has good results
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September 5, 2018
Answer: Possible even with severe bone loss If you have bone loss in the upper jaw and still have teeth, there can be multiple options depending on the amount of bone loss and quality of the rest of the teeth. Following options can be there: 1. Tooth supported Dentures, in which we remove the loose teeth, treat the remaining teeth usually in the front teeth, perform Root canal treatments and after covering teeth with crowns , we make use of natural teeth to support dentures or fixed teeth using some magnets or attachments. 2. If you have severe bone loss in only back region , whereas bone is there in the front region- and you don't want to go for sinus lifts or bone augmentations using bone from rib or hip(Major surgeries) , All on 4 in the upper jaw would be a treatment of choice for you. Bone grafting in this case will be needed only to fill the empty tooth sockets. 3. If you don't have any bone in the front and back region then you have two options either block grafts taken from your body or synthetic block grafts are possible along with human bone grafts. But it can lengthen your treatment time. For that you need to look for doctors who are ready perform major surgeries usually a team a oral surgeon and Prosthodontist work together to design a stable long term prosthesis and place implants accordingly . With the advances in technology and modification of implant surfaces and coating them with active particles chances of success rate for graft take up by the body is quite high and platelet rich plasma from your own blood will improve your healing multiple times.
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September 5, 2018
Answer: Possible even with severe bone loss If you have bone loss in the upper jaw and still have teeth, there can be multiple options depending on the amount of bone loss and quality of the rest of the teeth. Following options can be there: 1. Tooth supported Dentures, in which we remove the loose teeth, treat the remaining teeth usually in the front teeth, perform Root canal treatments and after covering teeth with crowns , we make use of natural teeth to support dentures or fixed teeth using some magnets or attachments. 2. If you have severe bone loss in only back region , whereas bone is there in the front region- and you don't want to go for sinus lifts or bone augmentations using bone from rib or hip(Major surgeries) , All on 4 in the upper jaw would be a treatment of choice for you. Bone grafting in this case will be needed only to fill the empty tooth sockets. 3. If you don't have any bone in the front and back region then you have two options either block grafts taken from your body or synthetic block grafts are possible along with human bone grafts. But it can lengthen your treatment time. For that you need to look for doctors who are ready perform major surgeries usually a team a oral surgeon and Prosthodontist work together to design a stable long term prosthesis and place implants accordingly . With the advances in technology and modification of implant surfaces and coating them with active particles chances of success rate for graft take up by the body is quite high and platelet rich plasma from your own blood will improve your healing multiple times.
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