Saving Natural Teeth Treatment

Teeth that have lost bone and gum tissue can be regenerated with the addition of bone grafts, gum tissue grafts, and natural growth factors. 

At our Midtown Manhattan periodontal practice,we use the highest quality of bone graft materials — most often sterile cow bone —   to act as a scaffold that helps stimulate your own body to grow bone back. 

We also harness growth factors and soft tissue grafts that we take from your own blood. We draw your blood and spin it in a centrifuge to harvest your own growth factors from the body. Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) is released by the platelets in your blood, often referred to as  nature’s wound healer. 

This PDGF is combined with bone and gum tissue grafts to stimulate your own stem cells and promote the regrowth of lost bone and gum tissue.

Additionally, we use advanced lasers that both stimulate your own stem cells to turn on and  efficiently remove bacteria around the teeth and gums. 

The combination of laser therapy, advanced bone graft materials, and specialized surgical techniques allow us to  rebuild lost bone and gums that were not possible even a decade ago.

After your bone and gum tissue rebuilding is complete, it is essential to closely follow post-operative instructions and maintain excellent home hygiene. 

Professional cleanings will be increased initially,as the same bacteria that originally caused your bone and gums loss can repopulate safely. 

You will receive specific home care instructions and specialised  hygiene products to use daily. We will also customize a professional tooth cleaning schedule tailored to your unique treatment and case type. 

You are an integral part to a successful treatment outcome.

Your natural teeth have stronger attachments to the bone and gum tissues compared to dental implants and they can better withstand bacterially induced diseases to a higher degree. 

Dental implants, when exposed to the same oral infections, will lose gum and bone tissue faster than your own teeth. 

Additionally, your natural teeth are supported by periodontal, ligaments, which help absorb chewing forces and protect against breakage — a feature  that may cause implant parts to break. 

As your jawbone naturally grows and shifts over time, your natural teeth adjust accordingly, maintaining their proper alignment with the gums and bone.. 

In contrast, dental implants are fixed rigidly into your bone, meaning that over time, the position of the gums and bone change around them so the implants can start to show through the bone and gum tissue leading to metal exposure, long looking teeth, grey shadowing in the implant area, and other dental implant complications.