There are periapical radiolucent lesions of the buccal (Fig.2 (CT coronal section) B) and palatal roots; bone height above the buccal apex is ~ 2 mm (Fig.3).  When the tooth #14 is extracted, a 1.6 mm pilot drill is used to start osteotomy in the middle of the fairly thin septum (Fig.3 red line, Fig.4 S).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/02/2016, last revision 06/03/2018