Following 3 more turns of the implant (~ 20 Ncm), bone graft and heavy buccal reduction of the coronal end of the abutment, an immediate provisional is bonded to the tooth #9 (Fig.4) and splinted to the tooth #11 with a twisted wire (Fig.5).  To increase stability and reduce reduction, a 3 mm 1-piece implant could be used with 15 degree abutment.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/01/2019, last revision 11/07/2020