Immediate implantology
There are clear reasons why immediate implantology should be part of daily practice. However, this treatment method is often demonized and avoided. This needs to change, but this can only happen if physicians change their stance. The advantages of immediate implants are:
- Preservation of soft tissue architecture prior to extraction
- Toothlike profile of the soft tissue
- Fewer functional problems with posterior implants
- More aesthetic result in the anterior region
- Faster treatment for patient and dentist
- All this is much more difficult or sometimes impossible to achieve with implants placed “delayed