Dental bone graft in Turkey

Graft material comes from four sources: your own bone taken from elsewhere in the jaw, human donor bone from a tissue bank, animal derived bone, which in dentistry is usually bovine, and synthetic material. All are used routinely and each has trade offs in how quickly it is replaced by your own bone.

Many people have religious or personal objections to bovine or human donor material, and are simply never asked. That is a consent failure, not a preference to raise later. Ask which material will be used, get the answer in writing before the day, and say clearly if a source is unacceptable to you.

• A single missing tooth

  The commonest case. A small graft at the time of extraction or before an implant, often adding little to the overall timeline.

• Bone lost to gum disease

  The gum disease has to be controlled first. Placing implants into an untreated mouth is how expensive work fails.

• A larger rebuild

  Blocks of bone, membranes and screws for a jaw that has lost significant height or width. Longer healing, more trips, and a higher chance of complications.

• Maybe not at all

  Shorter or angled implants, a bridge, or a denture can sometimes avoid grafting entirely. Ask what the plan would be if you declined the graft.

For grafting in the upper back jaw specifically, see sinus lift. For the implants themselves, see dental implants and Straumann implants. For a fixed replacement without an implant, see dental bridge. Gum health is assessed first: see teeth cleaning.

• Smoking. The single biggest thing within your control. Surgeons ask you to stop well before and after, and it is not a formality.
• Untreated gum disease. Bone is being lost for a reason. If the reason is still active, the graft is building on sand.
• Pressure on the site. A denture resting on a healing graft is a common cause of exposure. Ask how your denture will be adjusted or whether you should go without it.
• Uncontrolled diabetes and some medicines. Including drugs for osteoporosis and some cancer treatments, which affect bone healing. Give a full medication list.
• Doing too much, too soon. Chewing on the site, hard food, and vigorous rinsing in the first days all disturb a graft that is still just material.
• Nose blowing after upper jaw grafts. Pressure transmits to the sinus. Ask for the specific instructions if your graft is in the upper back jaw.

• How much bone is being rebuilt. A small graft at one socket is a different job from rebuilding height across a jaw.
• The material and the membrane. Own bone, donor, bovine or synthetic, plus membranes, pins and screws, all appear in the cost.
• Whether a sinus lift is part of it. Grafting in the upper back jaw is its own procedure and should be itemised.
• The scan and the planning. Whether a three dimensional scan and the surgical planning are included.
• What the quote actually covers. Graft only, or graft plus implant plus crown across several visits. These are very different totals presented in similar ways.

The clinic list on this page shows each clinic's current price with a note on what it includes. For instalments, see payment plans. For the upper back jaw, see sinus lift; for the implants, see dental implants.

• Ask who does the surgery. An oral surgeon, a periodontist or a general dentist, and how often they do grafting of this size.
• Ask for the sequence in writing. Every stage, with the expected interval between them and the price of each.
• Ask what warranty applies to the implant. And whether it still applies if the graft beneath it fails.
• Ask about follow up at home. What your dentist will be sent and who to contact between trips.
• Be wary of a full mouth plan for one gap. A sensible clinic solves the problem in front of it and discusses the rest afterwards.