Small Implant for Skinny Lady

A 53-year-old lady has a small statue.  The tooth #18 was extracted due to #17 impaction (Fig.1).  To prevent further supraeruption of #15, an implant is to be placed at the site of #18 (Fig.2).  After use of a 4 mm implant spacer and starter and 8 mm pilot drills, insert a short parallel pin for occlusion check and a calibrated one for X-ray.  A relatively small and short implant will be sufficient for function.  Scaling & root planing and #17 extraction have been finished.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/21/2016, last revision 07/11/2018