April 24, 2021 - Premier Ortho

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Jaw bone grafting is a procedure performed to resolve bone loss in the jaw. The jaw bone is important to keep the teeth in place. Primarily, the reason why you would need a bone graft is that the jaw bone is ultimately decreasing affecting the development of the teeth. Restoring the jaw bone is an important procedure as it is necessary for replacing a missing tooth.

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