Palatal Bone Loss, Buccal Placement

The 47-year-old woman has sudden palatal (Fig.1: P) periodontal infection (bone loss) at #15 while waiting for surgical guide at #3.  A 5x10 mm implant will be in the single buccal socket.  The bone height is 3 mm.  Start osteotomy with drills with 2 or 3 mm stoppers.  Fig.1 shows CT images (UL: coronal; UR: sagittal; LL: axial; LR: 3 D posterior view).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 04/16/2018, last revision 09/07/2018