A 64-year-old man requests implant for the loose tooth at #10.  The bone width is 5.5 mm (Fig.1); with 2.5 mm implant, there is 1.5 mm of the bone on the either side of the implant.  The ideal width is 2 mm, which is safe, preventing buccal or palatal plate perforation.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/02/2019, last revision 08/02/2019