Intraop PA with a radiopaque instrument in the socket reveal the socket is large (Fig.2 arrows).

The socket is filled with bone graft for preservation (Fig.3 arrowheads (white: within the confinement of the soft tissue; black: in the socket).   The same patterns remain 4 months postop.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 06/30/2013, last revision 01/19/2018