Upon tooth removal, a soft tissue band is found to cross the furca (Fig.2 *).  It is going to be detached lingually (>) and separated buccally to expose the underlying septum (Fig.3).  The band, containing keratinized gingiva, is kept and rotated to cover one of the 2 sockets after implant placement.

Beauty of Short Implant Last Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/17/2015, last revision 09/30/2018