Does anybody know what a procedure is like when you are having a bone graft on your lower teeth like.?

Question

Is it painful?

Answer 1

This is something I also need done, but am so paralyzed by the thought that I haven't talked to my dentist about it very much since.

I know two people that have had it done. The first a correctional officer at a maximum security penitentiary had it done to do cancer in his root bed. He returned to work the day after the surgery, was very cross, but managed.

The 2nd, a manager of a busy retail store, had to have it done to prepare her jaw for a series of dental implants. She also returned to work the day after the surgery, and never took a single pain medication. She's a bit crazy though lol

Good luck to you, I'm hoping you get lots of answers because I am very interested in them as well.

Answer 2

This is part of an answer I gave to another question similar.

I can only give you my opinion from what you are describing. What it sounds like is being done is extraction, osseous surgery, and bone grafts. When there is sever bone loss around a tooth (for whatever reason) there is a type of garbage tissue that grows to fill the gap, Bone replacement graft is when bone material (sterilized cadaver) mixed with a growth promoter will be placed in the socket or around the tooth and covered with a membrane (bovine, also sterilized) and stitched up. What the bone will do is fill in and promote her body to grow and form new jaw bone. The membrane will slowly dissolve at the same rate as the tissue covers over and the bone develops. Usually 4 to 6 months to completely develop to support an implant, if that is the next step. This is a very common procedure with a high success rate. If you want more detail about the procedure try Googleing it. It would be called Bone replacement graft or some combo of those words. Try the ADA website or American Periodontal Association. Our fee is around 700 to 1000 depending on which material is used, different bone and membrane for different teeth. The only discomfort you may have is from having your mouth open longer than usual or a bruised feeling from the injections.
Hope this helps...................

Answer 3

I just had 4 bone grafts done yesturday along with 4 wisdom tooth extractions. I must admit I was very nervous but the procedure is pretty painless. I opted for local anesthesia and was awake for the whole four hours it took. I did not even notice when the wisdom teeth were pulled. The hardest part was sitting in the chair for so long. Today I am a little sore and I feel pressure when chewing. The suchures feel like I have chicken stuck in my teeth. The pain is not unbearable but I am still taking pain meds along with the antibiotics that were prescribed. All in all it is a bearable procedure if you need to have it done. In my case I have sever periodontitis and suffered severe bone loss. This procedure is an effort to later get bridgework. Good luck.

Answer 4

I was going to have implants a few years ago, and decided against it because of the thought of the bone graft the oral surgeon said would be necessary. Recently, I saw him again for a different tooth. GOOD NEWS! There is now a synthetic substance used to graft onto your bone. No cadaver bone, etc. I don't know the name of it, but a really good oral surgeon should know. It is a reasonably recent advance. You may also find information on-line. Good luck!