When the tooth is extracted, there is no bony buccal (B) socket (Fig.3 (buccal mirror view)).  Although the furca of the extracted tooth is fairly large (Fig.4), the septum is mainly of soft tissue.  Therefore the palatal (arrow) socket can be the implant site.  The coronal extension of the long axis of the palatal socket appears to be near the center of the crown.  The implant to be placed in the palatal socket should be easy to be restored.

There is abundance of calculus over the buccal (B) roots, whereas there is minimal calculus on the palatal (P) root.  This accounts for severe resorption of the buccal socket and the septum.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/28/2014, last revision 07/28/2018