Author: Dr. Robin Gallardi DDS MS FRCDC Dip ABOMS If you suddenly find yourself losing a tooth you may be wondering about the effects of this procedure on your smile. Thankfully there are ways to preserve the bone and position of other teeth. A socket preservation procedure may be recommended as a way of preventing bone loss and collapse of adjacent teeth. A socket preservation procedure is a bone grafting procedure. After the tooth is extracted the site is grafted with bone