“Do you use my own bone for a bone graft?”

Great question. Yes, your own bone can be used, but it is rarely done as it needs a second surgical site and increases cost.

Typically for bone grafting, we have a few options:

1. Donor human cadaver bone (aka Allograft) - this is "Bone from a Bottle". This is the most commonly used option and depending on the type of bone, can have great results.
2. Synthetic Bone grafts - Typically an option if the pt prefers not use a donor bone graft (May be less efficacious than Allograft)
3. Your own bone (Autograft), works great, but needs a second surgical site and increase costs and risks from a second surgical site.

Allograft is most often used bone graft. At Ridge Oral Surgery & Dental Implants, we only Use Puros (The world's gold standard for Bone grafting for many decades)

As always these are general guidelines and we do recommend speaking with your doctor regarding your particular situation.

Thanks!
Dr. Prakhar Mehrotra
Ridge Oral Surgery & Dental Implants

Talk with your healthcare provider about whether you want to use a bone from a donor or a bone from elsewhere in your body. If you use your own bone, you will have to have extra surgery to remove this bone. You won't need this if you use donated bone, but donated bone has its own small risks.

No, we usually use synthetic bone ir donors bone

Depending on the type of defect, it could be either