Immediate molar implant surgery

This lecture includes a historical review of dental implant techniques and materials dating from 1982 to 2024, a 42 year experience. Special attention is paid to immediate maxillary and mandibular molar implants over an 11-year period of time from 2007 to 2018, citing over 800 consecutive cases in his office-based practice. In particular, the focus includes use of the palatal root space for maxillary molar implant anchorage. This is in opposition to socket preservation and socket grafting, with titanium being proven as the ultimate socket presrevative material.