When you lose teeth, and do not replace them, the jawbone deteriorates where the tooth socket once was. 
This makes it difficult, and in some instances impossible to get dental implants or dentures later on. You may have not had the financial means at the time of the extraction for restorative surgery, but you may have the money now. The good news is that we can perform a process called ridge 
augmentation to restore the bone structure that is needed for restorative procedures such as dental implants.
The process involves lifting the skin from the ridge to expose the defected area of the bone. Then your surgeon uses a bone like substance to fill the defected areas. The ridge augmentation greatly improves the appearance and increases the chances for success with the implants. With a successful ridge augmentation, your implants will last for years.
