Since the apex of the affected tooth is coronal to the Mental Loop (Fig.3 red dashed line), an osteotomy (Fig.4 yellow arrow) to be established in the mesial slope (blue dashed line) after extraction (black area) appears to be safer than that along the long axis of the tooth.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/11/2017, last revision 08/15/2018