A 3.8x18 mm (definitive) implant is placed with <40 Ncm with the implant plateau apical to the lingual crest (Fig.4 (dashed line: upper border of the buccal defect)).  The buccal plate defect is repaired by Vanilla Graft (Fig.6 *) before and after insertion of a 4.5x4(3) mm abutment.  The buccal plate defect seems to being repaired 4 months postop (Fig.7).  The defect repair is close to completion 8 months post cementation (Fig.8).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/03/2017, last revision 07/28/2019