Avoiding bone autograft?

[DocRod]

Hi,

I had my upper laterals extracted a few months back due to failed RCTs.
My dentist gave me a choice between an orthodontic treatment to close the gaps and shape my canines as laterals or widen the gap between my centrals and canines for implants. So I went with the latter, thinking about aesthetics, occlusion and whatnot.
I should probably mention that I'm a third year dental student myself so I fret about things as such haha
Now that my teeth are perfectly aligned, he said that I needed a bone graft before the implants, which was to be expected given the bone resorption. However, I expected him to fill the resorbed area with some bio-oss and leave it a few months to heal.
He said that bio-oss on its own is not an option in my case and that I needed some bone from the chin area or the ramus.
I'm looking to see if there is any way that I can go through the implantation process without needing an auto-graft because thinking about it terrifies me. I am not ready to go through all of the pain and the swelling that comes with it.

P.S: I'm getting a panoramic and a CBCT soon so I should be able to provide pics as soon as I get them.

Thanks!

 

[padma]

Can you post updates to your situation? What is panoramic and CBCT? is it a 3D scan? Are they expensive? Can that help analyze whether you need a bone graft? Where did you get that done?