Teeth loss can lead to another dental obstacle, but this treatment method can help you to maintain good dental health and avoid this common difficulty. For example, extraction, tooth loss, trauma, or periodontal disease might cause bone or gum loss. It is important to maintain a healthy density of gums and bones in order to protect your dental health. Even if you are missing a tooth, you should still work to maintain the health of that area in your mouth.

When a ridge augmentation and socket preservation is complete, it fills the area where the bone has been lost. A bone substitute is used to stimulate the natural repair functions within the body so that the bone is re-built and the socket is repaired.

When a tooth is removed from the jaw bone, a socket is left in the bone. In many situations, this hole will heal on its own. But, there are other situations where the bone is unable to heal on its own, which might require additional dental treatments to help the bone heal. If the bone is unable to heal and treatment is delayed, then it might result in a situation where the jaw bone will continue to deteriorate.