International Journal of Health Sciences and Research www.ijhsr.org ISSN: 2249-9571

A waiting period of 12 months or longer to allow total socket healing used to be the accepted protocol for placing implants. This paradigm has been challenged within the last decade by reducing the time between tooth extraction and implant placement, thereby to shorten the treatment time. Recently, implants are placed at the time of extraction of the tooth, or soon after, before significant bone resorption occurs, known as immediate implants. This case report describes a case of immediate implant placed in a maxillary central incisor followed by evaluation of soft and hard tissue changes occurring during post-operative period followed by discussion of advantages and disadvantages of immediate implant