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Years of missing teeth, gum disease, or long-term denture wear shrink the jawbone — but bone can be rebuilt. Our oral surgeons in Istanbul use biocompatible graft materials and 3D-guided sinus lifting to prepare even challenging jaws for successful implant treatment.
Every graft starts with a CBCT scan that measures your bone in three dimensions. Depending on where and how much bone is missing, your surgeon selects the right technique — from a minor socket graft to a lateral-window sinus lift — and wherever anatomy allows, places your implants in the same appointment.
Your CBCT scan shows exactly how much bone height and width is available at each site. The surgeon plans the graft type, material, and volume — and determines whether implants can be placed simultaneously — before you travel to Istanbul.
Under local anesthesia, the gum is gently opened and granulated graft material is packed into the deficient area, then covered with a collagen membrane that guides new bone formation. For a sinus lift, the sinus membrane is carefully raised and the space beneath it is filled with graft material.
If your remaining bone provides enough initial stability, implants are placed in the same session as the graft — the most efficient path, healing bone and implant together and avoiding a separate surgical visit.
The site is closed with fine sutures and you receive antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and detailed sinus-precaution instructions. Discomfort is typically modest and settles within days.
Over 3–6 months the graft transforms into solid, living bone, verified with a follow-up CBCT. If implants were not placed simultaneously, they are placed now into the newly built bone — with the same lifetime warranty as any Operla implant.
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Grafting and sinus lifting are for patients whose jawbone has shrunk after tooth loss and who want fixed implant teeth rather than settling for removable dentures.
Jawbone is maintained by the stimulation of tooth roots; once a tooth is lost, the bone around it begins to resorb — up to 40–50% of ridge width can disappear within the first year. Gum disease, infections, and years of pressure from removable dentures accelerate the process. Grafting reverses this loss, and implants then prevent it recurring.
Most grafts use clinically proven, sterile biomaterials — typically bovine-derived or synthetic bone substitutes with decades of published success — which act as a scaffold your own bone grows through and replaces. In select cases small amounts of your own bone are used. Your surgeon explains the recommended material for your case before treatment.
In experienced hands it is a routine, low-risk procedure performed thousands of times a year. Our surgeons plan every lift on a 3D CBCT scan, so the sinus anatomy and membrane are mapped before surgery. The most common complication — a small membrane tear — is identified and managed immediately during the procedure and rarely affects the outcome.
Often, yes. When your existing bone can hold the implant stable, we graft around it in the same session — one surgery, one healing period, one less trip to Istanbul. If bone loss is severe, a staged approach (graft first, implants 3–6 months later) gives the most predictable long-term result, and your CBCT scan determines which path applies before you book.
Less than most patients expect. The procedure itself is painless under local anesthesia, and afterwards discomfort is usually described as pressure or dull soreness for two to four days, well controlled with standard painkillers. Sinus lift patients mainly notice congestion-like fullness rather than pain.
It adds a modest amount to the package price — still far below the cost of implants alone in most Western countries — and 3–6 months of healing when staged separately. When performed simultaneously with implant placement, it adds no extra travel at all. Your fixed, all-inclusive quote covers grafting, materials, hotel, and VIP transfers with no surprises.
Yes — commercial flights are generally safe within a few days of surgery, and our treatment schedule builds in the appropriate buffer before your return flight. You will receive specific instructions such as avoiding nose-blowing and sneezing with your mouth closed for about two weeks to protect the graft.
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