I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed over 10 years ago. Almost immediately after the extractions, I noticed changes in my face shape where the teeth were extracted (notably a hollownesss and changes in my upper & lower jaw/face area). Is there any way to restore the jaw area where the wisdom teeth used to be, such as with bone graft augmentation or implants?
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Hi,
Unfortunately bone graft will not change your jaw asymmetry.
Your occlusion( bite) and , teeth and jaw size should be measured precisely with an expert dentist. From the pictures, I think you might benefit from orthodontic treatment to recreate the space and correct bite, then considering...
The best option is placing implants immediately with extractions if possible and also placement of bone grafts in can be done at that session so that you may not need additional operations by this way.But if implant is not going to be placed at this session, using a bonr graft material like...
Hello, waiting 6 months after grafting will not cause any problems. In cases where tooth extraction is performed atraumatically, we mostly apply the implant in the same session, which we call immediate implantation, and bone graft