The Single-Tooth Implant: A Minimally Invasive Approach for Anterior and Posterior Extraction Sockets

Replacing a single tooth with an implant is one of the most frequent situations in daily practice, and Tarnow and Chu approach it with a minimally invasive criterion: one surgery, once, without leaving the socket waiting for months after extraction. Having set out the origins and rationale of the anterior and posterior single implant, the text describes the three socket types — 1, 2 and 3 — with their indications and their limits. One chapter focuses on clinical management in the posterior sector and another on impression and cementation techniques and their complications. The appendix documents eleven single-tooth replacement cases across the socket types described.