A two-stage surgical protocol is used for the placement of a dental implant. Usually, the first stage is the extraction of the tooth. Several months are required to allow new bone growth to heal the extracted socket. The second stage is when a hole is drilled into the bone and the implant is screwed in. The entire procedure is time consuming, expensive, requires extensive technical skill, and is carried out over several visits to the dentist causing additional distress to the patient. To alleviate one or more of these problems, a device for the immediate placement of an implant fixture into a newly extracted tooth socket is described. The device comprises a guide with a recess and a post. The post is adapted to engage a patient’s jaw to position the guide relative to the patient’s tooth socket to align the recess over the tooth socket. A reshaper comprising a cutting tip is rotationally received in the recess to position the reshaper relative to the tooth socket. The reshaper is rotated to cut and reshape the tooth socket to receive an implant fixture.
