When a tooth is lost, the jawbone around it starts to shrink. A dental bone graft rebuilds or preserves that bone, so you can get a dental implant and keep your face and smile looking full. Dr. Vishala Patel plans every graft on a 3D scan and performs it in our office.
A dental implant needs enough healthy bone around it to stay stable for decades. After a tooth is lost, or after years of gum disease or a loose denture, that bone can thin out.
A bone graft adds bone or bone-like material to the area. Over the following months, your body uses it as a scaffold to grow new, healthy bone. Many patients who were told they could not get implants become candidates after grafting.
A bone graft may be recommended if you:
The type of graft depends on where bone is needed and how much. Your 3D scan shows us exactly what is required.
A graft placed right after a tooth is removed helps keep the bone from collapsing.
Tooth extraction ↗Rebuilds the width or height of the jawbone so an implant can be placed securely.
Dental implants ↗In some cases, small grafts are placed at the same time as the implant to save a step.
Grafting and implants go hand in hand. Dr. Patel has earned Associate Fellowship with the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and places grafts and implants herself, right here in our office.
She measures your bone on a 3D CBCT scan and plans the graft around where your future implant will go, so every step works toward a strong, natural-looking result. For longer procedures, she personally administers and monitors IV sedation.
Patients from Frisco, Prosper and Celina choose us because grafting, implant placement and the final tooth all happen in one office.
A CBCT scan shows your bone in detail. You get your plan and cost.
The area is fully numbed, with sedation available.
Graft material is placed and covered so the area can heal.
Mild swelling and soreness are normal and usually short-lived.
Once the bone has matured, your implant can be placed.
Bone grafting is done with the area fully numbed, and most patients find recovery easier than expected. For anxious patients, Dr. Patel offers IV sedation, which she administers and monitors herself.
You will go home with clear aftercare instructions and a direct line to our team.
The area is numbed during the procedure, so you should feel pressure but not pain. Mild soreness and swelling for a few days is normal and usually managed with over-the-counter pain relievers.
Most grafts need about 3 to 6 months to mature into solid bone before an implant is placed. Small grafts placed with an implant heal along with it.
Grafts usually use safe, processed bone or bone-like material designed to help your body grow its own new bone. Dr. Patel will explain the material recommended for you.
No. Many patients have enough bone already. Your 3D scan shows whether a graft is needed.
Cost depends on the size and type of graft. You will receive a written plan with exact pricing before treatment, and our team will check your insurance benefits.
Yes. Our office at 1521 N. Custer Road sits where McKinney, Frisco and Prosper meet, just off US-380, about 10 minutes from most of Prosper and an easy drive from Celina.
Bone grafting for patients in McKinney, Frisco, Prosper and Celina, TX.
Our McKinney dental office
1521 N. Custer Road
Suite 2900 · McKinney, TX 75071
(214) 945-1993| Monday – Tuesday | 11 AM – 7 PM |
| Wednesday | By appointment |
| Thursday | 11 AM – 7 PM |
| Friday – Saturday | 9 AM – 3 PM |
| Sunday | By appointment |
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