“Is dental bone graft risky?”

There are some downsides, however. The patient will have to get an additional operation. It can make recovery more painful since there are multiple surgery sites. As well, since grafting materials have to be taken from the patient's body, it is not ideal for major grafting procedures like the rebuilding of a long bone.

In general, everything pose some type of risk or adverse effect. The risk for bone graft is relatively low or negligible. The biggest of which is rejection or loss of the graft. We expect to loose 8-10% of the graft during the healing process, so as a patient you may feel some grains of sand after the procedure. The remaining risk are the risk for any surgical procedure, (pain, swelling, infection, damage to adjacent structures, delayed wound healing, etc.) but it should be stressed that the risk are minimal.

Bone grafting is considered a simple procedure.