[2] Roughly 30 days after socket preservation, the barrier membrane is either removed, or it resorbs, and the callous of bone covers with new gingiva.
While there is good evidence that socket preservation prevents bone loss, there is no definitive proof that this leads to higher implants success or long-term health.
Advances in osseointegration have expanded the need of the procedure to maintain ridge width and height for dental implant placement.
Other considerations to bone healing include the concurrent use of bisphosphonate, and denosumab, smoking, diabetes, immunocompromise, and infection.
Where the barrier membrane does not dissolve, it is removed approximately 30 days after placement,[5] and the graft becomes incorporated into the healing bone 3–9 months later.
Autograft (bone harvested from patient's own body) is considered the gold standard, and all other materials are generally compared to it.