Fig.5 (immediately postop): A 6x17 mm implant is placed.

Fig.9 (6 months postop): Bone density around the coronal aspect of the implant increases (*).  Apical resorption occurs.

Eleven months post bonding (17 months postop), there is cortical bone formation at the mesial and distal crests (Fig.14).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/18/2013, last revision 01/19/2018