Alternatives to your own bone for grafting?

For those people that desire an easier, if not slower solution, there are other sources of bone specially prepared to make them safe for use in humans. All of these materials (including your own bone) simply provide a scaffold into which new bone will grow and consolidate ready to receive dental implants a few months later.

New bone can take as little as 3 months to as much as 12 months to be suitable to receive dental implants. Do not be in a hurry to move onto the next stage. If you need a large volume of bone it will naturally take longer to mature than a small area.