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How long do stitches stay in after dental bone graft?

I am a 31 year old male. I want to know how long do stitches stay in after dental bone graft?

7 Answers

7 to 10 days
Depends on type of grafts. It can be anywhere from 7 to 21 days
Depends ;-}
Often, up to a month. Think of the graft dominantly bone particles we want to heal into one with the host bone...sorta like a shattered bone: we want max protection, least possible trauma, during that bone healing process.
Hello,

Hope you are doing well. It depends on what type of suture (stitches) they have used. Some of them dissolve on their own (around 10-15days), and some of them require you to visit the provider again.
I hope this answers your question.
Have a nice day!
This depends on the type of stitches that were placed. If they used a silk sutures that have to be taken out by the doctor, those are traditionally removed within 7-10 days of the surgery. If they placed dissolving stitches, those stitches usually resorb between 2-4 weeks.
Dental bone grafts require sutures ("Stitches") to ensure complete closure of the bone graft from the oral environment for the best graft success. Dentists may vary on the type of closure he/she may utilize, but typically we place the graft and then cover it with a biologically compatible material and stich that in place. In my practice I use a fine non-dissolvable suture which is about the thickness of a human hair. We want that to stay a minimum of 7 to 10 days and then I have the patient come back and remove the suture. By then the graft is covered over by your own skin tissue. So to answer your direction directly: in my practice the stitches stay in 7-10 days. Some other dentist may use a dissolvable stitch such as a Chromic stitch which should last at least 8 days. If you've gotten a non-dissolvable stitch it's upon you to make sure to return to the dentist to have it removed.
Silk about 2 weeks gut dissolve on their own.