When a tooth is lost, jaw bone loss occurs almost immediately, necessitating bone grafting to allow for implant placement. As a result, your Specialist Surgeon may recommend placing an implant at the same time as removing a tooth (immediate implant placement), minimizing bone loss, and reducing the need for a bone transplant. Immediate implant placement is a highly specialized approach that requires only one treatment (and hence only one recovery period, not two) for the implant to be placed.