Since 17 mm drills are used for osteotomy, there is apical space (Fig.3 arrowhead) when a 5x14 mm implant is placed initially.

Later the implant is placed deeper (Fig.4 arrow).  While the most distal portion of the socket (pink dashed line) is filled with Osteogen Plug, the rest bone graft (red dashed).   In fact, more bone graft is placed after this PA is taken.

Four months postop, the bone density in the upper portion of the socket increases (Fig.7 *).  It appears that all of the implant threads are buried in the bone.

Dense Mesial Slope Last Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/05/2015, last revision 12/19/2018