Fig.3: A bone-level implant is placed in the septum (middle of the socket) of the tooth #30.  Fig.4: A tissue-level implant is placed in the mesial socket.  In fact the implant should be placed more lingual to avoid thread exposure buccally (B). Start osteotomy lingually and remove the lingual bone if needed to avoid buccal plate encroachment.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 12/10/2017, last revision 06/04/2018