Fig.5 (magnified): Immediately after implant placement at the site of #9.

Fig.8: One and a half months after surgery.  There is apparent separation between the host bone (*) and bone granules (chips, powder or graft) (^).

Fig.11: Six months after surgery. The host bone (*) and the bone chips (^) appear to have been healed together.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 04/27/2014, last revision 04/27/2014