Fig.7 is an illustration (from Fig.4) to show how the socket is closed.. A suture is placed (black line) to approximate buccal (black arrow) and lingual (white arrow) gingiva distal to the implant (blue circle). D: distal portion of the gingiva. Sometimes collagen dressing is placed above the bone graft without suture.  The socket can shrink.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/10/2014, last revision 11/02/2014