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As a dentist, a upper front tooth is a different situation in regards to a posterior tooth. The issue being the width of the alveolar ridge, and where the gingival crest is in relation to the adjacent teeth. When the surgeon I refer anterior teeth for extraction, we always place a bone graft. Depending on the quality of bone we can sometimes immediately load the implant and guide the tissue with a provisional abutment and crown. I usually allow six months for the tissue to conform before I fabricate the final crown.

I hope you are having a Periodontist place the implant. It's not the placement that is difficult, well sometimes it is, it's managing the tissue and emergence profile that is challenging with implants. I've seen some really bad disasters with front teeth that make Mr. Ed's teeth look like a Miss. America smile lol.