The patient returns 7 days postop, reporting that the provisional has been dislodged several times.  The gingiva adapts to the provisional with occlusal clearance (Fig 8 *).  The rough surface of the implant is exposed (Fig.9 *).  It appears that some of bone graft has been lost.  The provisional should be trimmed so that the gingiva may be able to grow over the rough surface.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/05/2015, last revision 03/21/2020