When an implant is placed palatally, the provisional as well as definitive restoration should have a buccal extension Fig.13 (white outline, representing the base of the restoration), which should extend apically into the buccal gap (arrow).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/17/2016, last revision 12/29/2018