Techniques for regenerating bone and gum tissue are becoming mandatory in a restorative practice where the demand is high for natural aesthetics.

Soft tissue regeneration techniques allow the repair of recession damage from years of toothbrush abrasion or where the zone of attached gingiva, attached gum, is lost around a tooth.  Also, these techniques allow for the critical regeneration of attached gum around dental implants to allow for life long health and success of these restorations.  The soft tissue regeneration techniques often involve grafting of tissue within the patient’s mouth from areas of abundance to areas of deficiency or by using Allograft sources.

Hard tissue, bone, preservation and regeneration techniques allow for preserving the jaw after a hopeless tooth is extracted so that an implant can be placed. Also, preservation techniques allow for maintaining this jaw bone and gum tissue under a bridge pontic, or fake tooth, when an implant is not the treatment of choice.

Often after an extraction 50% of the jaw bone where the tooth was removed permanently resorbs within 6 months and continues to resorb after this. If this is not addressed at the time of the extraction, bridges look artificial and spaces develop under the fake tooth, pontic.  Preserving this ridge is critical for natural looking restorations.

Hard tissue grafting techniques enable regeneration of bone so that implants can later be placed.  For single and multiple implant restorations to restore missing teeth or to stabilize a denture or partial healthy bone in adequate quality and quantity is imperative for life long restorative success.