Contemporary dentistry is intended to be minimally invasive. The evolution of implants and our knowledge of bone and gingival biology now makes it possible to perform minimally invasive and reproducible immediate implant extraction surgeries when a tooth must be extracted and replaced by an implant.

In the past, and in some cases still today, when a tooth had to be extracted and replaced with an implant, we performed two to three surgeries to first remove the tooth, then rebuild the bone when necessary, before finally placing the implant.

Nowadays, we know how to perform a single surgery that combines these three steps: Extraction of the tooth – Placement of the implant – Filling of the bone around the implant

Bone filling is performed with synthetic or bovine bone biomaterial. It will fill the gaps between the implant and the peripheral bone that was present around the extracted tooth root. This filling will maintain the initial position of the gum and bone, and stimulate bone healing. The bone filler material eventually resorbs as it is replaced by the patient’s own bone during healing.

This type of surgery, with a well-established protocol, gives nowadays THE SAME SUCCESS RATE as the two to three deferred surgeries that used to be performed to achieve the same result.