Fig.13: Nine days postop, the mesiolingual aspect of the implant at the site of #12 has basically healed (^).  The exposed bone graft (*) buccal to the implant at the site of #14 is stable. It appears that the collagen dressing has fused with the underlying bone granules.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/20/2014, last revision 01/19/2018