On the day of surgery, a panoramic X-ray is taken (Fig.2).  The cyst is to be enucleated while an immediate implant is to be placed in the mesial socket of #31. 

The lower end of the dentigerous cyst is closely associated with the inferior alveolar canal.  The patient experiences transient paresthesia postop.

#30 should be extracted at the same time, although it is asymptomatic.  Its presence appears not to interfere with the outcome of the immediate implant at the site of #31.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/28/2013, last revision 06/23/2014