Coronally the implant is being contacted by the mesial, lingual and distal bone.  Apically it is buried in the native bone.  This a 2-pointed fixation.  The implant lingual placement allows for a large buccal (B) gap for bone graft to regnerate the buccal plate.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/10/2019, last revision 01/11/2019