A 29-year-old man returns for follow up 5 years 8 months post cementation of the crown at #19 (Fig.1; 2 (bitewing)).  The bone density around the coronal end of the 6x17 mm tissue-level implant (8 months post extraction without socket preservation) is high (*).  Why is the implant crown (C) short?

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/29/2018, last revision 12/30/2018