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Fig.4: The buccal plate (*) is thin, as compared to the palatal one (see below).
Retrospectively, bone expansion should have been initiated (Fig.9 white line) close to the thicker palatal plate (P). The coronal end of the osteotomes should have been directed palatally.
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/24/2015, last revision 11/17/2019