Immediate implant placement into fresh extraction socket in the mandibular molar sites: a preliminary study of a modified insertion technique.

Background: Immediate implant insertion in mandibular molar extraction sockets raises a series of challenges for clinicians.

Purpose: This preliminary study demonstrates the use of a modified insertion technique of implant placement at the time of mandibular molar extraction.

Materials And Methods: Immediate implants were placed at the time of molar extraction in 20 patients; a sulcular buccal incision with releasing periosteal incisions were made around the mandibular molar to be replaced, and implant insertion into the interseptal/interradicular bone was performed.