When abutments are immediately placed (the diameter and size shown in mm in Fig.4,5) and autogenous bone is packed around the implants and abutments, the ridge looks particularly wide (arrowheads).  A splinted immediate provisional is fabricated.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 10/14/2015, last revision 10/03/2018