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Immediately preop PA shows that the length of the residual root of the lower left 2nd bicuspid is ~13 mm (Fig.1). The corresponding immediate implant can be 12 or 14 mm in length. There is ~ 5 mm to the Inferior Alveolar Canal (IAC: red dashed line). Osteotomy (to be shown next) is initiated in the lingual wall of the socket (S) after extraction. The 1st intraop PA is taken with a parallel pin (Fig.2).
Bone density of this patient is high.
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/20/2015, last revision 03/21/2015