Immediate Implant
An immediate implant is placed the same day into the extraction socket (the hole left after a tooth is removed). The advantages are a single surgery and a shorter overall treatment time.
It's not possible in every case
Immediate placement is difficult when the extraction site has severe acute inflammation, or when the bone walls needed to hold the implant firmly are insufficient. In those cases, waiting for the socket to heal and placing the implant later — delayed placement — is the safer route. This isn't a choice between the "faster method" and the "safer method"; it comes down to which one the condition of your extraction site allows.
Dr. Jongbum Lee's approach — Placing an implant at the same time as extraction is an option only when the conditions are right. We check the bone and inflammation at the extraction site on a CT scan before deciding between immediate and delayed placement.
Q. If I get immediate placement, will I have a tooth that same day?
A. In some cases a temporary tooth can be placed along with the implant, but the final restoration goes on only after osseointegration. "Immediate" refers to how early the implant is placed, not that the whole treatment finishes in a day.
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