15/05/2026
🇺🇸 Advanced Implantology: When We Need to Use the Patient’s Own Bone to Rebuild the Jaw
In modern implant dentistry there are situations where bone loss is so significant that biomaterials alone are not enough.
In those cases we use a technique called autologous block bone grafting.
This means taking a small block of bone from the patient—commonly from areas such as the posterior mandible or the chin—and transferring it to the area where bone volume must be rebuilt.
The block is fixed to the existing bone with small screws and acts as a true biological structure that the body can integrate and remodel over time.
The main advantage in implantology is that the patient’s own bone has full biological regenerative capacity.
Once the graft integrates, implants can be placed in a much stronger bone foundation.
Because in advanced implant dentistry, sometimes the first step is not placing implants.
The first step is rebuilding the architecture of the bone.
Dr. Arzate –