Since the buccal plate looks thin and the septum is oblique (Fig.2 *), osteotomy starts lingual.   In spite of the effort, periimplantitis occurs.  The implant may not have been placed deep enough or bone graft may not be have been packed sufficiently buccally.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/09/2017, last revision 02/25/2018