The splinted provisional remains in place 2 months 9 days postop (Fig.5 P).  While the mesial lamina dura becomes fuzzy at the site of #14 (Fig.5 black arrowheads, as compared to Fig.4 (immediately post placeement)), the density of the mesial socket (white arrowhead) appears to have increased, probably due to bone graft immediately post implant placement.  There is no bone loss 3 years 9 months post cementation (Fig.8).

Drill vs. Expander Last Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/14/2015, last revision 06/11/2019