A 24-year-old woman with poor oral hygiene presents to clinic requesting extraction of the tooth #17 (Fig.1).  The tooth is removed after multiple sectioning.  One half of collagen plug is placed in the bottom of the socket (Fig.2 C, while 1 cc of Bond Apatite in the coronal portion of the socket (A).  The other half of the collagen plug is placed on the top of the cement before suturing with 4/0 PGA.  The patient feels pain when the tooth is wiggled heavily.  But the Inferior Alveolar Canal is not exposed when the tooth is out.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/14/2020, last revision 07/14/2020