Gum Grafting in Victoria
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Free Gingival Grafts
Free Gingival Grafts are designed to reinforce your gums in weak and receding places. If you have receding gums, there is a chance that you could lose a tooth since your gums help hold them in place. Your gums also help cover the roots of your teeth to protect them from infection and exposure to open air. A periodontist can take a piece of the tissue along the roof of your mouth, and graft it over your receding gums. When it heals, your gums will be fuller and stronger. Then, you can focus on keeping your gums healthy so that they won’t continue to recede. The purpose of a free gingival graft is to augment the tissue and to try to prevent further bone loss and recession.
Connective Tissue Graft
A Connective Tissue Graft is the most common type of gingival grafting. Instead of taking the outer layer of tissue from the roof of your mouth for the graft, your periodontist will take a deeper piece from the connective tissue layer. Usually with this type of graft, the purpose is to cover recession and to thicken the gingival tissue. Your doctor might do this type of graft if you don’t like the aesthetics in an area or if it is very sensitive to cold.
Alloderm Graft
In certain cases, your Periodontist may decide to use a donor tissue instead of tissue from the roof of your mouth. This type of graft has similar indications as the connective tissue graft, but is great in patients that do not have enough tissue on their roof or are very nervous about taking tissue from that area.