What are the advantages of immediate dental implant placement?
In many cases, your periodontist may elect to extract your tooth and place an implant at the same time. This procedure is called immediate implant placement. Immediate implant placement has the advantage of reducing the number of your surgical appointments to a single visit, reducing the amount of waiting time to get your tooth (cap), minimizing possibly the impact on your busy daily schedule. However, not all teeth are candidates for immediate implant placement and there is a slightly elevated risk involved with this procedure. Please ask your periodontist if this is an appropriate treatment option for you. In some cases, not only can an implant be placed at the time of extraction, but a temporary tooth can be secured onto the implant on the same day. This is a procedure called immediate implant placement with immediate temporization or immediate loading. In specific situations, your periodontist will work with your dentist to place a temporary tooth onto the implant at the time of im
