Bone Regeneration               Go Back

By Dr Lawrence Spindel, Tuesday March 13, 2007                                Dentist New York, NY

 

Bone regeneration refers to a dental procedure in which bone which has been lost or is missing is restored by a surgeon using either synthetic materials, human cadaver bone or cow bone as filler.   This filler eventually becomes surrounded or replaced by new healthy bone.  If an extraction is performed the filler is place in the fresh socket.  If  a patient has a boney defect the filler is placed with a membrane covering it that keeps it in place and allows new bone to repair the defect.  This process often works because the membrane keeps other types of cells from invading the space and only allow a patients bone cells to fill in the defect.

This procedure is often used to improve boney architecture so that in the future an implant can be placed in the improved or preserved site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cosmetic Dentistry Tip:After whitening, smiles remain bright for a long perioed of time. Gradually the brightness does tend to fade somewhat. Often teeth remain brighter than they were prior to bleaching for years. Most patients desire a bleaching touch up after 6 months to year. If a patient has whitening trays most touch ups can be accomplished easily in a day or two. Sometimes teeth become temporarily sensitive during the whitening process. If a patient stops whitening or takes a break this sensitivity goes away. Forty eight hours after they stop bleaching most patients report their teeth feel normal again.

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