How to Place Implant in a Wide Mesiodistal Space with Short Bone and Narrow Ridge?

A 62-year-old man requests implant placement at the site of #29 with wide mesiodistal space (9 mm, larger than a premolar (7 mm), smaller than a molar (11-12 mm), Fig.1).  Due to presence of the Mental Nerve (red dashed line), the bone is ~ 12 mm in height.  The ridge is narrow and appears barely to be able to hold a 2.5x10 mm 1-piece implant (Fig.2 CBCT coronal section at the Mental Foramen).  The latter is 1 mm from the Mental Nerve.  Can this implant sustain mastication?  What should be done?

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/01/2017, last revision 06/02/2018