Patients with missing teeth present with a loss of aesthetic and functional outcomes. In particular, in the case of anterior teeth, there is a great impairment in social activities. Therefore, these patients are in need of immediate prosthodontic restoration after tooth extraction.

As a usual method, they can wear a provisional removable appliance like a flipper for the lost tooth area, but this may cause a noticeable change in the periodontal structure around the area with resorption of alveolar bone.

Particularly for patients with severe periodontal disease, wearing a flipper can cause damage to or tilting of nearby teeth, which can cause further loss of teeth and deleterious changes on the periodontal structure. Maintaining the size and form of alveolar socket after tooth extraction similar to pre-extraction condition is important for esthetic restoration.