The 60-year-old man is a bruxer.  All of the three upper right molars are nonsalvageable (Fig.1).  Since #2 is symptomatic, it is planned to be extracted and restored first.  As expected, there is severe alveolar destruction (single large socket), while the base bone is solid. 

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/30/2013, last revision 12/09/2018