Ridge Augmentation & Bone Grafting for Dental Implants in Anaheim

Overview: What You Need to Know

When teeth have been missing for years, the jawbone undergoes progressive disuse atrophy, often leaving the alveolar ridge pencil-thin or vertically shallow. Because a standard dental implant requires at least 1.5mm to 2mm of sound bone circumferentially around the titanium fixture, severe bone loss once disqualified patients from implant therapy.

Ridge augmentation and sinus floor bone grafting solve this structural limitation. Using guided bone regeneration (GBR) techniques, our clinical team places sterile particulate mineral matrix along the deficient ridge, shielded by a biocompatible resorbable collagen membrane to prevent soft tissue ingrowth.

For upper back teeth where the sinus cavity has expanded downward, a sinus lift gently elevates the sinus floor membrane to pack bone matrix beneath it, creating the necessary vertical height to anchor full-length molar implants securely.