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These bone grafts are made from your own bone, sourced from another location in your body. This bone is normally taken from your chin, jaw, lower leg, hip, or skull because the living bone promotes faster growth.
Dead bone harvested from a donor is known as allogenic or allograft bone grafting. The process uses a freeze-dry method to extract the water via a vacuum. The bone then serves as a framework, so the bone from the bony walls can grow to fill the flaw or void.
This form of bone grafting takes bone from another non-living species such as a cow. The bone is then processed in extreme heat to avoid immune rejection or contamination. Xenogenic grafts serve as a scaffold for the surrounding bone to grow and fill the area.
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Missing one or multiple teeth can result in the loss of jaw bone due to lack of use. The jaw bone begins to deteriorate because the body believes it is no longer required. This can lead to additional issues where the missing tooth used to be.
Here are some of the more the common causes of jaw bone loss or deterioration:
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