Two weeks later (~3.5 months postop), the patient returns for crown tryin.  There is mild tenderness over the buccal gingiva, suggesting that the periosteum directly contacts the implant surface.  Except buccal gingival defect (Fig.13), there is no abnormality around the abutment buccally or palatally (Fig.14 A).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 11/19/2015, last revision 04/28/2018