In fact a piece of cone-shaped Osteotape (Impladent) is placed palatal to the labial gingiva/thin labial plate and a small amount of graft is placed in the deepest area of the socket (labial to the osteotomy) prior to placement of the implant.   More graft is placed in the peri-implant gap, particularly labially to keep the labial gingiva convex (Fig.8 arrowheads).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/17/2015, last revision 02/03/2019