17 In addition to eliminating caries and other oral diseases which could affect the long-term success of an implant restoration, it is important to have healthy and sufficient bone available for the placement of an implant. When teeth are lost, the jawbone recedes through natural biological processes. However, an implant should be placed in the physiologically optimal position so that the chewing forces can be absorbed and transmitted into the bone. If bone is lacking here, your dentist has different options for augmenting the bone and thus create a stable bony foundation. Smaller bone defects can be augmented with the patient's own bone. In the presence of major deficiencies, substitute materials are often used, which are manufactured under strict, specified and constantly monitored processes in sterile conditions. Donors for the replacement material are cattle, pigs or horses. Some practices also use human material or artificially manufactured products. As with the bone substitute materials, Camlog offers science-based products in cooperation with BioHorizons in the form of membranes and matrices for achieving healthy, strong and esthetic gums around teeth or implants. Depending on the bone structure, augmentation can be performed at the same time as implant placement. How and to what extent bone augmentation can be performed, which material is used and over which treatment period this is converted into autologous bone, depends on your situation. Interventions for bone augmentation are however necessary to enable stable long-term implant restoration on a healthy foundation. Your treating dentist will explain the processes involved to you in detail. Pretreatment 2Pretreatment
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