When a 3.8x14 mm bone-level implant is placed (Fig.4; apical diameter: 2.4 mm), the insertion torque is 15 Ncm. The implant seems to have osteointegrated 4 months postop (Fig.7).  Bone density around the implant increases 2 years 4 months post cementation (Fig.8).

2-stage Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/16/2016, last revision 08/02/2018