Fig.10 (mirror view): After implant (I) and abutment (A) preparation, bone graft is placed in peri-implant gap, followed by collagen dressing (mainly palatally (P) and proximally).   B: buccal.  The abutment is quite short after preparation for an immediate provisional.  The latter may be able to keep the soft tissue from covering the margin of preparation during temporization.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/20/2015, last revision 02/22/2015