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Belle Meade Dental
Belle Meade Dental
  • Dental Implants
    • Dental Implant Information
    • Dental Implants 101
    • Dental Implants vs Bridges and Dentures
    • Dental Implant Candidate
    • Implant Supported Dentures
    • All-On-4 Dental Implants
    • Teeth-In-A-Day
    • Bone Grafting - Socket Preservation - Mini Implants
    • Dental Implant Consultation
  • Cosmetic Dentistry
    • Porcelain Veneers
    • Crowns - Bridges - Inlays - Onlays
    • Full Mouth Reconstruction
    • Composite Fillings - Cosmetic Bonding
    • Teeth Whitening
    • Periodontal Plastic Surgery - Treatment of a Gummy Smile
  • Our Services
    • Periodontal Care
      • Periodontal Maintenance
      • Gum Recession
      • Laser Periodontal Treatment
      • Scaling and Root Planing
    • Orthodontics (Braces)
      • Six Month Smiles Braces
      • Invisalign - ClearCorrect - Dentsply MTM - Retainers
    • Laser Dentistry
    • Sedation
    • Tooth Extractions - Wisdom Teeth
    • Complete Dentures - Partial Dentures
    • Pediatric Dentistry
    • Root Canal Treatment
    • TMD Treatment - Bruxism - Teeth Grinding
    • Sleep Apnea - Snore Guards
    • Emergency Care
    • Preventative Dentistry
  • Technology
  • About Us
    • Our Philosophy and Mission
    • About Dr. Pace
    • About Dr. Pace Jr.
    • About Dr. Zarabi
    • Our Staff and Office
    • In House Laboratory Aesthetic Solutions
    • Why Should You Choose Us?
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Patient Center
    • Patient Testimonials
    • Patient Form Downloads
    • Post Operative Instructions
    • Patient Resources
    • Photo Gallery
    • Blog
    • Affordability
    • Payments
  • Contact
    • Appointments
    • Map and Directions
  • Home
    • Site Map Page
    • New Patients
Belle Meade Dental
Bone Grafting at Belle Meade Dental - Nashville, TN

Bone Grafting for Dental Implants

Bone grafting helps preserve bone around existing teeth and allows for permanent tooth replacement

Many of our patients experience bone loss as a result of periodontal disease, infection, or lost teeth. Bone loss in the absence of bone grafting can sometimes limit a patient’s ability to restore their smile with dental implants or implant supported dentures. Drs. Pace, and Pace Jr. offer a variety of bone grafting procedures to replace lost bone. Our jawbones are designed to hold teeth, and as teeth are lost, resorption of unstimulated bone begins. Additionally, conventional dentures which rest on the gum tissue alone can speed up bone loss causing the need for routine denture surface relines. Loss of teeth without grafting leads to bone and soft tissue collapse that can make it more complicated, expensive, invasive, and time consuming to replace missing teeth with dental implants.

Bone preservation begins at tooth extraction!

Socket Preservation leads to more predictable, cosmetic tooth replacement

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What is Socket Preservation?

Socket preservation is a bone grafting procedure which helps maintain bone in the empty site an extracted tooth has left behind. Grafting bone helps maintain adequate bone height and width following tooth loss to allow for optimal implant size and soft tissue contours around the new replacement tooth. Even if replacing the extracted tooth with a dental bridge rather than an implant, socket preservation can provide better tissue cosmetics, tooth proportions, and prevent bone clefts from showing in one’s smile where the tooth root was previously resting. A graft material is placed to build and regrow bone in the empty socket. It is stabilized with stitches and/or a membrane to prevent tissue growth into the extraction socket. After a designated time of healing, the site has been prepared and an implant can be placed. Without the grafting procedure, the patient risks requiring a subsequent surgery for bone replacement prior to implant placement or the chosen implant width and length selected being much smaller than the previous natural tooth.

Already missing teeth and don’t have enough bone for dental implants?

Treatment such as a sinus lift could be your perfect solution!

Why do I need a sinus lift?

Sinus Lift in Nashville, TN

Frequently patients missing teeth in the upper back molar or premolar areas do not have the necessary bone for dental implant placement. With a missing tooth in the back upper jaw, the sinus can begins to occupy the space where the previously positioned tooth root was positioned. With insufficient bone for implant stability, a small opening in the bone can be made and bone placed above the tooth roots to allow stable implant placement in the upper jaw.

Depending on the amount of bone present and only if needed for implants, Drs. Pace, and Pace Jr. will decide which of two types of sinus lift procedures is best for your dental plan. If little bone is present below the sinus, a small window is made from the side above the tooth roots, and bone is placed above the gently pushed up sinus floor. Healing is preferred for several months prior to implant placement in this scenario. In cases with some but just not quite enough bone to surround the entire implant, graft material can be pushed up through the created implant site and the implant placed immediately following the graft placement. This method leads to a much shorter treatment time from the beginning of treatment to restoring the missing space with a permanent implant crown. Drs. Pace, and Pace Jr. would love to discuss your treatment options with you and can easily examine your bone levels in the office by quickly obtaining a Cone Beam Computed Topography (CBCT) image of your upper jaw and sinuses if necessary.

Do you have loose, weak dentures and wish to avoid grafting but still take advantage of implant support for your teeth? Mini dental implants may be the perfect option!

In cases with denture patients who have thin ridges and dentures that are unstable and limit chewing function, a number of mini dental implants (small diameter) can be placed to hold a denture by means of an implant supported removable overdenture that snaps firmly into place. Not only is denture stability greatly increased, but the cost of mini implants can be less than that of larger diameter implants. More than adequate chewing function and a beautiful cosmetic result leads to very happy patients with an improved quality of life! Call Belle Meade Family Dentistry at 615-298-2030 to consult with one of our doctors about all of you bone grafting and implant replacement options.

WHY WAIT? - With one call to our Nashville, TN, office, you can start the process to become a Belle Meade Family Dentistry patient. Call us at 615-237-7338 today!

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