With all of measures taken (including periodontal dressing), the distal bone graft (Fig.8 *) is ~ 2 mm coronal to the crestal bone (red arrow) 6 months postop.  G: graft; <: septal crest.  In fact the abutment is incompletely seated.  The temporary crown is perforated.  The gingival cuff is erythematous.  A 6.8x5 mm healing abutment is installed.   When the patient returns for impression, take BW to determine whether the healing abutment contacts the crestal bone.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/19/2019, last revision 05/05/2020