Fig.14: Nine days postop, there is no swelling buccal to the implant at the site of #14 (*).  The buccal margin of the provisional retainer has been trimmed to barely cover the gingival margin (<).  The patient is symptom free.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 08/29/2014, last revision 01/19/2018