Bone substitution and sinus lift
(bone grafting or bone augmentation)

Our specialised surgeons (oral and maxillofacial surgeon, dento-alveolar surgeon, implantologist) are Dr Dominik Nagy and Dr Eszter Szontágh

If you did not have sufficient amount of bone in the upper or lower jaw to support an implant, or to restore functionality and aesthetic appearance of bone in the jaw, we would make bone substitution.

Two main types of bone substitution: 

• Bone substitution (bone graft or bone augmentation) when the dentist extend the jaw bone rather horizontally
• Sinuses lift when the dentist extends the jaw bone rather vertically at the upper premolar and molar upper teeth

Dental implant needs sufficient amount of bone to hold it in place and when the sinus wall is very thin, bone has to build up vertically before implantation in the upper jaw.

During sinus augmentation (or sinus lift or sinus graft) bone is added to the upper jaw (maxilla, maxillary sinus) in the area of premolar  and molar teeth. The goals of a sinus lift to vertically extend the available bone in the upper jaw to support dental implants.
After tooth extraction significant degeneration of the surrounding bone may begin. You have several options to prevent this, and it is important that you consider them. When your tooth is extracted you can replace it by either an implant to prevent bone losses in your jaw or to make bone grafting right after the extraction.

If you had denture, you could not wear it for around 10 days up to 3 weeks after bone replacement. After this period you can wear the denture only for aesthetic reasons and must not bite with the denture for around one and a half months. When you wear the denture it can not pressure the place of the bone grafting. 

After the bone replacement and implantation your face may bunk and can have pain up to 10 days. You can foment it and take pain killer to reduce the symptoms. If every day appearance is very important for you (e.g. if you are sales man, public speaker, etc.) you should schedule your bone replacement and implantation by taking this 10 days period into account.

In the region of the bone replacement or sinus lift we would not make other treatment until it heals properly.

The implants can be placed at the time the grafting is performed if not large amount of bone or not many teeth were involved in the bone grafting. If significant amount of bone was used for bone grafting, the healing period could be up to six months until the jaw bone become suitable for implantation.

Costs of bone replacement or sinus lift can compose of these main cost items:

• bone replacement surgery
• method of bone substitution (i.e. typically artificial bone is used, sometimes own bone from chin or hip)
• amount and type of bone placed. Typical amount of bone is 1-2 gram per mouth quadrant.
  
• number of pieces and type (manufacturer) of membrane used. Membrane would be necessary when your gum tissue was not strong enough to keep the inserted bone in place. The function of the membrane is to hold the inserted bone.

If you had a quote, please, check weather the quoted price would refer to only a tooth or a mouth quadrant or something else. Our prices refer to a mouth quadrant.

Sometimes dentistries charges separately for stitches, local anaesthesia, and various items and actions. Our prices and quotation include all costs.

Contact us for any questions