What are the types of bone grafts? Our teeth are safe in the mouth with their roots located in the jawbone. The jawbone surrounds the roots of the teeth, providing a safe environment for the teeth and maintaining its natural shape and structure. When a tooth is lost in the mouth for any reason, the jawbone where the roots of the teeth are located becomes inactive. Over time, the bone that cannot fulfill its duty of surrounding the roots of the teeth begins to weaken and thin due to the body's habit of adapting to new conditions. However, this thinning in the jawbone will prevent the placement of new teeth, namely dental implants.

In such cases of bone deficiency, the operation performed to create an area where dental implants can be placed is called Bone Grafting. This process, which can be described as placing new bone tissue taken from a different part of the body into the jaw bone, allows dental implants to be placed safely.

Bone grafts are as follows.

There are several types of Bone Grafting procedures used to create bone of sufficient quality and quantity.

• Autogenous Grafts
• Isogenous grafts
• Allogenic grafts (allografts)
• Xejonic grafts (xenografts)

Autogenous Grafts It represents the tissues that will be taken from the person who will receive the implant.

Isogenous Grafts It contains tissues taken from another living being with a similar genetic structure to the recipient.

Allogenic grafts (allografts) These are tissues taken from the same species but with a different genetic structure.

Xejonic implants (xenografts) are tissues taken from a different species.

How is the graft procedure performed?

The grafting method applied with bone taken from a certain area of the body, namely Autogenous Grafting, is the most commonly used grafting method in dentistry. In this technique, the most preferred areas for bone transplantation are the tip or ramus areas of the lower jaw and the area called tuber in the upper jaw, which is preferred more for sinus lifting. The immune system does not show any reaction to this grafting method because the bone applied is taken from the body's own environment and even the mouth area.

After the bone tissue taken from the new area is placed in the area where the implant will be made, the desired quality and quality of bone volume is provided. After waiting for the bone to heal for a while following the operation, routine implant stages can be started.

In short, bone grafting is a useful treatment method that allows implants in case of bone loss, as it is a procedure that the patient can easily tolerate, does not cause any reaction from the body, and is a method that allows rapid recovery.