Bone grafting procedure involves transportation of bone graft material to the upper jaw (maxillary alveolus) bone or lower jaw bone (mandibular alveolus).

• Implants usually need bone grafts because there is not enough bone and/or the sinus needs to be moved.
• Bridges (embed to link) involve replacing a missing tooth or teeth, the area of the missing tooth usually needs a bone graft procedure because of cosmetics.
• Denture patients sometimes need grafting due to missing bone.
• Periodontitis is the term used to describe bone loss around teeth. In some cases bone graft can be added to teeth with bone loss to help with the disease.

Bone grafts can be made from multiple materials such as: autografts, xenograft, synthetic, and allograft.

• Autograft is derived from the same individual and used on the same individual.
• Xenograft is grafting material from another species, like a cow.
• Synthetic grafts are not derived from a living organism.
• Allograft is graft from the same species but to a different person.