Is it ever completely necessary to get a bone graft after removal of impacted wisdom teeth? (Photo)

Sometimes grafting may be necessary with wisdom tooth extraction in which a large amount of bone within the jaws needs to be removed in order to mobilize and extract the tooth in question. Bone grafting stimulates reformation of bone wherever it is placed, and in the case of a wisdom tooth that has been extracted with the removal of lots of surrounding bone, the doctor may deem it prudent to place some grafting material in the site of bone removal to aid the body in healing the defect that is left behind. Your treating doctor may expect the extraction to necessitate enough bone removal to justify placement of a graft to optimize post operative healing . Good luck!