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Three weeks postop, the socket has been healing around the 6.5 mm abutment with simultaneous buccal plate collapsing (Fig.5 *, as compared to Fig.2). A larger abutment (7.0-8.5 mm) may decrease the postop shrinking (1,2).
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/07/2016, last revision 06/03/2018