Why Socket Preservation Matters After Every Extraction

Every tooth extraction starts a predictable cascade. Within the first three to six months, an untreated socket can lose a substantial share of its alveolar ridge width as the bundle bone that depended on the tooth resorbs. That collapse is exactly what complicates - or rules out - a future implant.

Socket preservation interrupts that cascade. By grafting the socket at the time of extraction, the clinician maintains ridge volume, protects the buccal plate, and preserves the soft-tissue contour patients notice in the smile zone. The result is a site that stays implant-ready instead of one that needs a second, more invasive augmentation later.

OsteoGen makes that first step simple. The bioactive, non-ceramic crystals are placed directly into the socket, physiologically resorb, and are replaced by the patient's own natural bone - a true one-step grafting solution for socket preservation.