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How long for a bone graft to heal o tooth 19? also, can it cause stress on the tmj joint?
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2 questions: Bone graft should be healed in 3 months and ready, for example, for implant placement. And no, bone grafts do not cause TMJ.
Answered 6/17/2019
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