The tooth #14 of a 79-year-old lady is also non salvageable (Fig.4). There is large radiolucency around the two buccal roots (*).  The palatal root has been exfoliated.  It is expected that the socket is large after extraction.  A large implant can obliterate the socket.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 09/12/2014, last revision 09/12/2014