Fig.9 (magnified): The gingiva around the implants, abutments, provisional at the sites of #6 and 7 is healthy.  The distocervical surface of the tooth #8 has smoking stain, suggesting that the patient has not stopped smoking completely.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/17/2013, last revision 01/19/2018