With further seating of the implant, a 5.5x5(4) mm abutment is used (Fig.4), which closes the access. No suture is warranted. An immediate provisional is fabricated for the patient's comfort and psychological effect. In fact, the abutment cuff changes to 5 mm prior to temporarization.
Bone Expansion Alterative with Drilling Last Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/25/2017, last revision 08/11/2019