There is no prep after implant placement and before provisonalization (Fig.5).  The patient complains of bulkiness of the provisional associated with the 1-piece implant.  Prior to impression, the linguocoronal end of the abutment should be trimmed at #24, whereas the buccocoronal end of the abutment at #22 will be trimmed.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/09/2017, last revision 05/09/2017