Immediate placement and immediate loading: surgical technique and clinical pearls.

Dental implants have had tremendous improvement since their initial introduction into clinical practice. With ongoing advances in implant technology and materials, better data emerge to allow shorter time between placement and restoration. This allows the restorative dentist and surgeon to provide improved treatment options to patients. Most evidence that exists supports the practice of immediately placed (after extraction) and immediately loaded implants. Additional high-quality studies are still needed to develop specific guidelines for a standardized approach to immediate rehabilitation.