A 4x14 mm dummy implant is placed free hand (Fig.1).  Following initial placement of a final 4x17 mm implant and bone graft (Fig.2 *), the crown and abutment of #3 and the guide are reseated for correct implant trajectory.  The guide has to be removed for final depth control of the tissue-level implant.

Guide Lift Last Next Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 04/30/2019, last revision 11/17/2019