The buccal gingiva at #12 with vertical root fracture looks unhealthy (Fig.1).  When the tooth is extracted, the buccal plate has lost with extensive defect distally.  The parallel pin placed earlier at #13 is found within the defect.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/29/2017, last revision 11/16/2019