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Old 08-01-2018, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by wendyquat View Post
Can’t help with Dr. Gaitan but I had the bovine bone graft in NC a few years ago and an implant several months later. The “story”was I needed the graft to make bone to screw the implant pin into. A painless procedure (except to the pocketbook)!
It's probably not a story. With ageing, people can lose bone around their teeth. Often there won't be enough bone left to hold an implant securely. I have one implant. I do remember there was a question as to whether I had enough bone. I think ultimately I did, but I would have trusted my dentist to tell me if I needed it. You don't want the implant to be insecure.
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