Prior to placement of a 7x14 mm implant (Fig.8 I: >60 Ncm), a piece of Osteotape (collagen membrane saturated with Osteogen, a type of Hydroxyapaptite) is placed against the lingual defect, followed by bone graft lingually.  More bone graft is placed in the peri-implant gaps (*).

Lingual Plate Repair

Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/19/2015, last revision 01/19/2018