Bone Creating Protein is More Effective than Bone Grafting in Dental Implants. 

A bone-creating protein has been found to be more effective than bone grafting in dental implants. Some people that get dental implants may have either not enough bone or bone that is too thin to hold the dental implant. When that happens, the current solution is to do a bone graft to anchor in the permanent prosthetic teeth. However, that technique can be problematic because it involves additional surgeries to harvest the bone. Studies at the GHSU Laboratory for Applied Periodontal & Craniofacial Regeneration found that by implanting bone morphogenetic protein in the sinus, more new bone will form within four weeks than conventional bone grafting at the same site.