Ridge Augmentation & Socket Preservation

Ridge Augmentation and Socket Preservation restore the alveolar ridge post-tooth extraction, to define the proportions and curvature of the alveolar ridge.

When is treatment necessary?

After a tooth is extracted, a vacant socket is left behind within the alveolar ridge bone (the bone that runs parallel underneath your gums, supporting both arches of teeth). In many cases, the areas self-heal, filling with bone and get covered by soft tissue.

When it does not successfully heal, the alveolar bone will begin to degenerate.

With ridge augmentation, we can reconstruct areas of the jaw, and allow the alveolar ridge to provide stability to prosthesis and enhance the level of the gum line.

Treatment is performed under local anaesthetic.

What is socket preservation?

Socket preservation directly follows a dental extraction, as opposed to ridge augmentation, which is suitable when the bone has already suffered from resorption. It’s a preventive treatment that is extremely worthwhile, protecting your jaw from going through the debilitating changes associated with jawbone recession.

The Facts

Improves the height and width of the post extraction socket, and sectional alveolar ridge.
Improves the healing of the socket and provides a foundation suitable for prosthetic treatment.
Ridge augmentation improves the support and stability of prosthetic management.
Promotes remodelling of the alveolar bone to accommodate a implant.