Immediate Dental Implant
If you know you are about to lose a tooth, or if you have suddenly lost a tooth, there may be a chance that you can get your tooth replaced with an ‘immediate’ dental implant.
If you have lost a tooth and more than two days have gone by since it happened, you’ll find lots of useful information on our Implants for Single Missing Teeth page.
If you have just lost your tooth you need to act quickly
If you have just lost a tooth (for example, as a result of a sporting injury) it may well be possible to put an implant tooth in immediately. You should act quickly though: it only takes a couple of days for the gum to grow down into the socket – and this will make it difficult to put an immediate implant in place.
If you know you are about to lose a tooth
If you know you are about to lose a tooth, come and talk to us before your tooth comes out as this will maximise the chances of an immediate implant being possible.
We offer a free consultation with an implant dentist who will be able to advise you as to whether an implant can be fitted immediately and give you all the alternatives so that you can choose the most suitable course of treatment.
There is never any pressure to proceed, and the information is entirely free of charge.
When are immediate implants possible?’
There are two key conditions that have to be met to make an immediate implant possible:
- the bone around the failing tooth must be intact;
- the gum and surrounding area must be infection free.
If both these conditions are met, then it is possible to carefully extract the root and immediately put an implant directly into the tooth socket.
If the implant is sufficiently secure in the bone we can also put the titanium post in place and put a temporary crown on top. This treatment means that the patient can literally come to the clinic with a failed tooth and leave a short while later with a new implant tooth in place.
The temporary teeth look very natural and stay securely in place until the implant has healed sufficiently to put the permanent crown in place.
The advantages of an immediate implant
An immediate implant can save months of waiting for your new tooth. It will reduce the number of visits you need to make to the surgery, and the money you have to spend on preparation and surgery time.
Feel free to browse a gallery selection of our before and after
Dental Implant case studies
Relevant links
Why not book a free consultation?
Once you know what your options are, it will become a bit clearer. We’re happy to help, there’s never any pressure to proceed, and we’ll follow up with written recommendations.
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What they say about us
Painless Procedure
I was recommended Winning Smiles by a friend of mine after a previous bad experience with another dentist. I met Andrew for a consultation at the end of may and knew instantly he was a very decent human being but more importantly a very good dentist. During my initial appointment he explained both thoroughly and simply every stage of my treatment. Now just four months later I have a full set of upper jaw implants and two single implants on my lower jaw. I just cannot emphasis the improvement in my appearance and ability to eat everything. Finally I just want to stress how painless the whole procedure was and have no hesitation in recommending Andrew and all the other helpful members of staff. Thanks for everything
Scared of Dentists, Not Any More
After being scared of the dentist for many years ( and that’s an understatement ) I finally plucked up the courage to have a full implant denture.
Andrew and Toni his dental assistant put me at ease and explained in detail what would happen.
I would just like to say thank you so much for helping me through my fears and of course for my lovely new teeth I’m having to learn to smile again as I haven’t for years, but I can now, thanks to Andrew and his team. They are real professionals from the moment you walk through the door you have a friendly welcome from the girls on reception, and they have great hygienists too (Lauren and Louise ). Thank you Winning Smiles I’ll never go anywhere else