{"id":2697,"date":"2016-12-05T11:50:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T11:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2017-09-07T06:00:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T05:00:46","slug":"how-to-benefit-from-dental-implants-if-you-have-low-bone-density","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-benefit-from-dental-implants-if-you-have-low-bone-density\/","title":{"rendered":"How to benefit from dental implants if you have low bone density"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, low bone density has been considered a barrier to having dental implants fitted. However, thanks to modern advances and the skill of our implant surgeon, Dr Harmit Kalsi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/\">Sheen Dental Implants in Richmond<\/a> is now able to offer implant treatment to patients whose jaw bone has shrunk.<\/p>\n<p>A shrinking jaw bone is a common but lesser-known side effect of having several or all of your natural teeth missing. Furthermore, traditional dentures and dental bridges only replace the crowns of the teeth \u2013 but it\u2019s the missing tooth roots that result in shrinkage of the jaw bone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dental-implants-in-richmond-e1480930393967.jpg\" alt=\"dental-implants-in-richmond\" width=\"325\" height=\"204\" \/>As well as making treatment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/single-tooth-implant-richmond.html\">dental implants<\/a> more complex, loss of jaw bone density also alters the structure of the face to create a prematurely aged appearance. At our <strong>Richmond dental clinic<\/strong> we are able to help with all of these issues. An additional procedure may be required to rebuild the density of your jaw bone prior to implant placement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richmond bone regeneration options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We offer several options to rebuild your jaw bone here at our Richmond dental practice. These will be discussed with you during your consultation about dental implants if we find you are currently lacking in bone density.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bone expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is an advanced surgical procedure that involves using a series of instruments to expand the walls of the bone at the proposed dental implants site. A small hole is drilled through the centre of the relevant area, which may then be filled with bone graft material, or a dental implant may be immediately placed in the space. Our Richmond dental clinic is one of the few in this area to offer such treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bone graft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a popular option at our Richmond clinic, and sees the placement of bone graft material \u2013 either from elsewhere in the patient\u2019s body or using synthetic crystals that match bone structure \u2013to rebuild levels of bone density prior to placing dental implants. The majority of this procedure is done in the dentist\u2019s chair at our Richmond practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sinus lift<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sinus lift involves lifting the sinus cavity and packing it with bone graft material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, low bone density has been considered a barrier to having dental implants fitted. However, thanks to modern advances and the skill of our implant surgeon, Dr Harmit Kalsi, Sheen Dental Implants in Richmond is now able to offer implant treatment to patients whose jaw bone has shrunk. A shrinking jaw bone is a common &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-benefit-from-dental-implants-if-you-have-low-bone-density\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to benefit from dental implants if you have low bone density<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-implants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}