A tapered implant (8x17 mm) is placed with insertion torque greater than 60 Ncm (Fig.6 I); allograft mixed with Osteogen is placed around the implant (*).  Collagen dressing covers the opening of the remaining socket.  The wound is protected with perio dressing, which is partially secured by an abutment (A).  Yellow dashed line: the superior border of the Inferior Alveolar Canal.

Bone has apparently filled the peri-implant gap (Fig.13 *) 3.5 months postop.   The bone density around the implant continues to increase 2 and 7 months post cementation (Fig.14,15), in spite of retention of residual cement distally (<).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/10/2014, last revision 09/13/2015