
Dental implant is an artificial tooth root that is placed into your jaw to hold a replacement of missing substitute. The use of dental implant for replacement of teeth has provided many treatment options for both patients and clinicians. As a result of recent advancements and newer implant designs, materials and techniques the use of dental implants has increased tremendously over the past decades and is expected to expand further more in the future. The patients present with bone deficiency represent clinical complexity and often requires additional biomaterials and surgical procedures in order to ensure successful treatment planning. This review outlines the various graft materials used in bone augmentation in order to achieve predictable long term prognosis of dental implants and on the recent advancement in the bone regeneration.