Bone grafting is a safe and highly successful procedure that involves the building up or adding bone to the jaw by using your own natural bone from another location and/or by using donor, processed or synthetic bone materials. Often the new bone can be obtained from inside the mouth.

Bone grafts can be performed in our Tehachapi dental office using anesthesia to numb the areas that will be involved or sometimes  with intravenous sedation to remove anxiety. After the procedure, patients may be given antibiotics and pain medication (if needed), an antibacterial mouthwash and instructions to avoid eating certain foods and putting pressure on the bone graft. You will return home it will take some time for the bone graft to heal. You should be able to work the next day and go about your everyday life.

If dental implants are required, your implants will be placed after the grafted bone has fused and become a strong, integrated part of the existing bone. The amount of time the integration takes varies depending on the location of the graft and the density of the bone. It may take three or more months.

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About Sedation and Implant Dentistry of Tehachapi

Sedation and Implant Dentistry of Tehachapi provides comprehensive dental care to the people of Kern County in a friendly and comfortable environment. Under the ownership of Dr. Jose David Sanchez, Sedation and Implant Dentistry of Tehachapi focuses on the placement of dental implants, tooth restoration, IV sedation and dental anesthesia, making it among the most experienced dental offices in Tehachapi. Dr. Sanchez offers same day dental implant surgery for Kern County residents. He is a member of several prestigious dental organizations, including Fellow of Misch International Implant Institute, Fellow of International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Fellow of Global Dental Implant Academy, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and California Dental Society of Anesthesiology. Dr. Sanchez continues to take hundreds of hours of continuing education courses yearly and stays up to date with the latest technology. This additional training, along with his 46 years of experience, makes Jose David Sanchez, D.D.S. one of the best dentists in Tehachapi.

For more information, contact Sedation and Implant Dentistry of Tehachapi at DentistTehachapi.com or call (661) 822-3727.

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