The fistula disappears with minimal palpation pain 7 days postop (Fig.6).  The gingiva adapts to the provisional with the papillae in place.

Although the patient appreciates that the pain is gone, there is atrophy mesiobuccally 2 months postop (Fig.7 *).  The implant seems to be have been placed too buccally (Fig.8).  With loss of the buccal plate, the implant should be placed away from it to prevent periimplantitis.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/19/2018, last revision 09/02/2018