Bone Graft and Smoking: How Does This Effect the Healing Process?

The short answer is that smoking can negatively affect bone healing at any stage. Generally in someone having a bone graft, the gum tissue heals faster than the bone. Most likely your gum tissue has healed over your bone graft and initial bone healing as occurred. However, 3 weeks is not enough time for the bone to heal as it usually takes months for bone to heal. It is definitely better that you did not smoke during the fist 3 weeks but smoking does increase your risk of the bone graft failing and compromising what you have undergone so far in treatment. I would recommend stopping smoking and discussing this with your surgeon right away. He may be able to give you other alternatives such as medications like Chantix or Nicorette gum or a patch to help you with your nicotine cravings. Obviously not smoking again is best choice for your overall health, not only for your dental health or for the bone graft to heal well. Discuss smoking with your surgeon as soon as you can and I wish you the best in what you are undergoing in your life.

I also had a bone graft they took the bone from my chin and put it into my gums where my front tooth supposed to be after the surgery I was supposed to return it within 2 weeks and I did not return until 45 weeks and that I'm bone was protruding in different areas outside of my gum so they sanded the bone down I came back 3 weeks later and they said it didn't take did you smoke cigarettes that's a yes so they took out the squirrels and now I have to start all over again after like 6 months is smoking the sole responsibility for that I don't smoke that much