Gingival recession is noticeable 3 months 3 weeks post immediate implantation at the sites of 9 and 10.   It gets worse 5 months 1 week postop so that the cervical dimension of the provisional at the site of #10 increases (Fig.2 arrowheads) to close the mesial triangle, but not the distal.  It appears that the crown of the tooth #11 needs to be removed for a provisional with wider cervix.

Note that the canine is longer than the lateral incisor.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/17/2014, last revision 01/19/2018