If the bone supporting your teeth has been damaged due to periodontal disease, your periodontist may recommend a regenerative procedure, such as a bone graft. These advanced treatments aim to reverse some of the damage by regenerating lost bone and gum tissue, helping to restore your oral health and the foundation for your teeth.

The primary goal of bone regeneration is to rebuild the bone that supports your teeth and reestablish the ligament attachment between the bone and the previously diseased root surface. This is achieved through a precise, step-by-step approach performed by your periodontist by carefully exposing the roots of the teeth and their supporting bone and removing the disease-causing bacteria. Membranes (filters), bone grafts and/or tissue-stimulating proteins are placed in or on top of the defects in the jawbone to encourage your body’s natural ability to regenerate bone and tissue. The membranes or tissue-stimulating proteins serve the purpose of allowing the slow growing bone to be isolated from the fast-growing soft tissues, thus guiding the what tissues are regenerated and where.