Bone Grafting for Dental Implants in Downey, Even If You’ve Been Told No
If you were told you don’t have enough bone for dental implants, that conversation may not be over. Many patients who were turned away are still treatable, and Dr. Sanjabi handles bone grafting in-house so you don’t need to go anywhere else.
When standard dental implants aren’t an option, he also has extensive experience with advanced techniques, including zygomatic, pterygoid, and transnasal implants, also handled in-house.
Why You Might Not Have Enough Bone
When a tooth comes out, the bone that used to hold the root starts to shrink. It happens gradually, but it adds up over time. The longer a gap has been there, the more bone may have been lost.
Gum disease can also wear bone away. So can wearing a full denture for many years, because the bone under it slowly wears away without tooth roots to stimulate it.
By the time someone is ready for dental implants, the bone that was there when the tooth was lost may no longer be sufficient to support an implant post. That’s why a previous provider may have said no.
What a Bone Graft Actually Does
A bone graft adds volume back to areas where bone has been lost. The material, which may come from your own bone or a processed donor or synthetic source, is placed at the implant site and gives your body a scaffold to rebuild around.
Over time, your body builds new bone around the graft. Once that new bone is solid enough, a dental implant can be placed into it.
For many patients, it’s the step that makes dental implants possible when they otherwise wouldn’t be.
A scaffold
your body rebuilds around
7500+
implants placed
Many Patients Who Were Turned Away Are Still Treatable
Being told you don’t have enough bone isn’t the same as being told dental implants are impossible. It often means the office you visited didn’t handle the extra steps, or didn’t want to.
Dr. Sanjabi sees patients who were declined elsewhere and evaluates each case on its own merits. A smaller number of cases are genuinely not suitable for dental implants, but that determination should come after a proper 3D scan, not before one.
- If you have imaging from a prior evaluation, bring it. If you don’t, the free consultation includes a 3D scan.
How Amir Sanjabi Dental Compares
Corporate Implant Center
Typical Dental Office
Your Doctor
Dr. Sanjabi, every visit
Whoever is rotating that day
Your dentist, but refers surgery out
Surgery And New Teeth
One doctor does both
Two separate teams
Split across offices
New Teeth Timing
Same day as surgery
Often a later visit
Weeks to months
Complex Cases
Handled in-house
Sometimes referred out
Usually referred out
Follow-Up Care
Same doctor, for years
Rarely the same person
Same dentist, typically
Where It Happens
All under one roof
Varies by location
Multiple offices
In The Community
9+ years in Downey, here for the long haul
Newer, may relocate
Varies
What About a Sinus Lift?
The upper back jaw sits just below the sinus cavity. When upper teeth have been missing for a while, the sinus can drop and leave very little bone for a dental implant. A sinus lift adds bone in that area specifically.
It is a more involved procedure than a standard graft, but it is also routine for a doctor who handles complex implant cases regularly. Dr. Sanjabi performs sinus lifts in-house.
- Performed in the same office, by the same doctor who places your implants.
Meet Dr. Sanjabi
Owner of Amir Sanjabi Dental
How Bone Grafting Fits Into Your Treatment
01
Evaluation first
The free consultation includes a 3D scan and a full exam. If bone grafting is needed, Dr. Sanjabi explains exactly what’s required and why, and how it fits into your overall timeline.
02
Grafting and healing
The graft is placed in a short procedure. It then needs a healing period before the implant can go in. Many patients do this as one step in a longer plan and find the wait manageable.
03
Dental implant placement
Once the bone is ready, the dental implant is placed just as it would be in a patient with adequate bone from the start. The rest of the process continues from there.
Cost and Financing
Bone grafting is an additional step and adds to the overall cost. It is factored into your full treatment plan at your consultation, so there are no surprises.
Financing is available through CareCredit, Proceed Finance, Cherry, Alphaeon, Sunbit, and LendingClub. Many patients finance the full treatment as one plan, grafting included.
Additional costs may apply for sinus lifts, IV sedation, or dental implants beyond 4 per arch.
Grafting is quoted inside your full treatment plan, not as a surprise add-on
Financing through CareCredit, Proceed Finance, Cherry, Alphaeon, Sunbit, and LendingClub
Everything under one roof, A to Z
The exam, the 3D scan, the surgery, the new teeth, the follow-up, all in this office.
A private practice that knows your name
You get real time with the doctor and a team that remembers your name. A lot of patients tell us that's the difference they felt on day one.
Find Out If You’re a Candidate
If you have been told no before, come in and find out where you actually stand. Your free consultation includes:
- A 3D scan and full exam as part of your free consultation
- A complete treatment plan, with your options laid out
- Financing walked through before you decide anything
- Same-day surgery scheduling for qualifying patients
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