After removal of the pontic at #19 and retainer at #20 (Fig.1) and of vertically fractured root, the buccal plate is found to be defective (Fig.2 * with a surgical curette inside the socket).  An implant will be placed as lingual as possible, i.e., in the lingual slope.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 07/11/2017, last revision 08/15/2018