Bone Grafting in Webster, TX

What Is Bone Grafting?

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces or stimulates lost bone in your jaw. We use either synthetic material or donor bone to rebuild volume in areas where the jaw has deteriorated due to:

• Tooth loss
  
• Gum disease
  
• Trauma or injury
  
• Long-term denture wear
  
• Natural bone atrophy over time
  

The graft material fuses with your existing bone, helping to rebuild and strengthen the jaw so it can support dental implants or restore facial structure.

What Is Ridge Augmentation?

Ridge augmentation is a type of bone grafting used to rebuild the natural contour of the jaw after extractions, trauma, or bone loss. When a tooth is lost, the surrounding bone often shrinks, leaving an uneven ridge that can affect both appearance and function.

Ridge augmentation restores:

• The height and width of the bone ridge
  
• Natural contours for a better-fitting implant denture or bridge
  
• Jaw stability for future implant placement
  
• A more symmetrical facial profile
  

This is a common procedure before full mouth reconstruction or All-on-Four implants.

Who Needs Bone Grafting?

Bone grafting is often recommended when:

• You want dental implants but don’t have enough bone volume
  
• You’re having a tooth extracted and want to preserve the site for a future implant
  
• You’ve worn dentures for many years and experienced jaw shrinkage
  
• You’ve had gum disease or infection that caused bone deterioration
  
• You’ve suffered oral trauma that affected the jawbone
  

We’ll evaluate your bone structure using advanced digital imaging and help you determine whether grafting or augmentation is needed to reach your treatment goals.

Types of Bone Grafting We Offer

Socket Preservation

Done at the time of a tooth extraction to preserve the site for future implant placement. It helps prevent the natural bone shrinkage that happens shortly after a tooth is removed.

Lateral Ridge Augmentation

Used to widen a narrow ridge, especially when placing an implant in an area that has resorbed or collapsed.

Vertical Bone Grafting

Adds height to areas of significant bone loss — often in preparation for implants on the upper jaw.

We’ll recommend the appropriate method based on your individual needs and future implant plan.

What to Expect During Bone Grafting

Bone grafting is performed under local anesthesia, and we offer sedation dentistry if you prefer to relax throughout the procedure. Here's how it works:

1. We prepare the site and place the grafting material into the area of bone loss
   
2. The area is closed and allowed to heal over several months
   
3. During healing, the graft material stimulates new bone growth
   
4. Once healed, the area is ready for implant placement or other restorative treatment
   

Many patients find that the results are well worth the wait — providing long-term stability and aesthetic improvement.

Serving Webster and Nearby Areas

Tilger Center for Dentistry provides bone grafting and ridge augmentation to patients from:

• Webster
  
• Clear Lake
  
• Friendswood
  
• League City
  
• Pearland
  
• Seabrook and surrounding areas
  

Our bone rebuilding procedures are commonly performed as part of implant cases, full mouth rehabilitation, or after oral surgery.