Bone Graft
Most bone augmentation procedures involve the use of bone grafts. The best material for a bone graft is the patient’s own bone, which most likely will come from chin or ramus. If the dentist can not get enough bone from these areas, he or she may need to get bone from the patient hip or shin bone (tibia) instead. The hip is considered to be a better source because the hip bone has a lot of marrow (soft tissue within the bone), which contains bone-forming cells.
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