Following placement of a 3 mm 1-piece implant at #26 and two 3.8 mm 2-piece implants with ball abutments at #20 and 21 for a lower edentulous patient, another implant with ball abutment will be placed posterior (approximately at #30, Fig.1,2 (for better spread)) or anterior (approximately at #28, Fig.3,4).

Implant Buccal or Lingual to Nerve

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/27/2018, last revision 03/27/2018