When a 3.5x17 implant is placed at the site of #8, it has to be placed along the long axis of the ridge (Fig.1: CT coronal section).  It causes the abutment to be too labial; angle of the abutment has to be 45°.  The maximum angle of 3 mm abutment is 20°.

If a shorter implant is placed (3.5x14 mm, Fig.2 (at the site of #9)), the trajectory could be oblique.  That is, the apical end of the implant is close to the labial plate (upper arrowhead: <), whereas the coronal end close to the palatal plate (lower arrowhead: >).  The end result is that the angled abutment could be 20°.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/22/2015, last revision 02/22/2015