Sonuger,
It is wise to place bone graft material for most extractions to help restore some of the bone loss from the missing tooth. The only exception would typically be wisdom teeth because they are either impacted or very far back in the jaw where there would be no need to replenish the bone once the teeth were removed.
Why was your second molar removed? Was the tooth infected?
Was the intention to make room for the wisdom tooth to come in?
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Sonuger
Thanks for your reply, Bryanna. Am I wrong in thinking that my wisdom tooth has become trapped because it has been blocked by the bone graft? I have researched about bone grafting and found out that the procedure is used for dental implants and NOT for extraction of second molar. My dentist told me that my wisdom teeth was too close to my sinus so it would be safer to remove the second molar. I am suspecting that my dentist has performed additional procedures (sinus lift and insertion of bone fillers and membranes) so that he could overcharge me when collagen (which is much cheaper) could have been used instead. Have you heard anyone with the same case as mine before?
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