The success of a dental restoration, in the form of dental implants, depends a great deal on the amount of bone that is available to support the implant. There are lots of things that affect the bone volume including things like periodontal disease, trauma and infections. Most of the dental implant procedures depend on the quantity and quality of bones that is present.

With the advancement of techniques today, if some critical bones in the jaw are found to be missing, they can be easily replaced. There are ways to increase the width and height of the bones. This is done by filling in anatomical voids in bone thereby creating new bone and filling in the defects that develop when teeth are lost. The grafting techniques can also be used to prevent the loss of bone in circumstances where this can be expected like the extraction of a tooth.

This replacement of missing bone or adding to existing bone is very often essential to the success of a dental implant and the ensuing restoration. The need for bone grafting is noticed and communicated to the patient before the procedure of dental implants.