Same-Day Dental Implants in Dubai

Placing the implant into a fresh extraction socket saves a surgical stage and shortens the overall timeline. It also has to contend with a socket that is the wrong shape: the hole left by a tooth root rarely matches the implant, and the gap has to be managed.

It is more predictable in some situations than others. Intact socket walls, no active infection at the site and enough bone beyond the socket to hold the implant firmly are what make it work. Where the socket wall has been destroyed by infection or a long-standing fracture, placing an implant into it immediately is not the careful option, however attractive the timeline sounds.

The assessment is made on a cone beam scan taken here on a Planmeca Viso G5 through our dental diagnostics department, and confirmed at surgery once the tooth is out and the socket can be seen directly.

An implant can carry a temporary tooth on the day only if it is firm enough at the moment it is placed. That firmness — primary stability — comes from the density of the surrounding bone and how tightly the implant engages it. It is measured during surgery. It is not something that can be promised at a consultation, and it is not something a price list can decide.

Where stability is sufficient, a temporary crown or bridge is fitted, usually kept out of direct biting contact so that the implant is not loaded while it integrates. Where stability is insufficient, the implant is covered and left to heal, and a temporary solution that does not rest on it is used instead.

Being told in advance that you will definitely leave with teeth, before anyone has drilled anything, is a claim about marketing rather than about your bone.

Several things are reviewed before same-day treatment is planned:

• Bone volume and density at the site, from the scan.
• Infection. Active infection at the site usually means the socket heals first.
• Bite. A heavy bite or grinding makes loading a fresh implant less predictable.
• Gum condition. Untreated gum disease is treated first — see periodontology.
• General health. Uncontrolled diabetes, smoking and some medications affect healing and change the plan.

For a full arch, the same logic applies across several implants at once, which is why All-on-4 and All-on-6 are frequently discussed alongside same-day treatment.

Assessment, scan and planning happen before the day of surgery, not on it. On the day: the tooth is removed if it is still present, the site is assessed directly, the implant is placed, stability is measured, and the decision on a same-day temporary is made there and then.

The procedure is carried out in a licensed day-surgery theatre and the patient goes home the same day. If a temporary is fitted, instructions on diet and cleaning matter more than usual — a fresh implant carrying a tooth is in a more delicate state than one healing under the gum.

Where a temporary crown or bridge is made, it comes from the clinic's own digital dental laboratory.

Implant placement is surgery and it has risks, and your surgeon explains them to you in full at the consultation, before you give consent.

Loading an implant before it has integrated puts force on a fixture that bone has not yet grown onto. If the temporary is knocked, chewed on too early, or if the bite is not adjusted carefully, that force works against integration. Gum recession around a front implant placed immediately is also a recognised aesthetic risk, and it matters most exactly where it shows.

Smoking is a recognised risk factor for implant failure and is reviewed before same-day treatment is agreed. Individual results vary, and some patients are advised against implants.

There is a version of this treatment where waiting a few months produces a better result, and it is worth saying plainly.

Where the socket wall is missing, where there is active infection, where the bite is heavy, or where the site is a visible front tooth and the gum position matters more than the timeline — a staged approach, with grafting where needed and healing before loading, is the more reliable route. It takes longer and it is not what the advertising sells.

The value of the scan and the consultation is that they tell you which situation you are actually in, before the decision is made rather than afterwards.

A single implant at ELEMENTAL costs from AED 5,000 per tooth (Osstem) or AED 6,000 (Straumann, Astra or Nobel); the crown on the implant is AED 5,500, and any grafting or anaesthesia is quoted in writing after the consultation and the scan. Prices updated: September 2026.

Cost depends on how many implants are involved, whether grafting is needed, whether a same-day temporary is made, and the material of the final restoration. It is quoted in writing after the consultation and the scan. Quoting a same-day package before seeing the bone is guesswork.

A consultation with the treating dentist starts from AED 650 and includes examination and discussion of the options. Imaging is quoted separately and confirmed before it is taken. Individual results vary and a consultation is required before any treatment is planned. Prices current as of 15 August 2026.

Treatment is carried out by DHA-licensed dentists within their scope of practice, at ELEMENTAL Day Surgical Center, 113 Jumeirah Street, Jumeirah 1, Dubai. DHA licence 5323888. Related: dental implants, dental implantation.