Finally the 7x17 mm straight implant is placed at a desirable level with insertion torque more than 60 Ncm (Fig.4).  The top of the implant is equigingival, whereas the apical end is ~ 3 mm from the inferior alveolar canal (red dashed line).

Bone density appears to increase 3 months postop (Fig.6 *).

Redo Immediate

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 05/12/2014, last revision 04/14/2015