To avoid contact between the future abutments and the mesiobucco-distal crest, a 5.5 mm profile drill is used.  It appears that a 5x4 mm healing abutment has clearance from the crest (Fig.2 ).  A pair abutment is completely seated 6 months postop (due to coronavirus, Fig.8).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 09/22/2020, last revision 09/29/2020