The socket is closed with 2 sutures without allograft bone graft and heals around the 7x14 mm implant 8 days postop (Fig.6).   The margin of the tissue-level implant (^) appears to cut through (erode) the lingual gingiva to form the gingival tag (*).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/08/2013, last revision 03/04/2018