Although the bone graft surrounds the implant 3 months postop, the implant is tender when a 4.5x4(2) mm cemented abutment is being placed (Fig.5).  Later a healing screw is placed (Fig.6,7).  The implant is uncovered with a 6x2 mm healing abutment 6.5 months postop (Fig.8).  A 5.5x4(2) mm pair abutment is placed and torqued at ~20 Ncm with mild tenderness 7 months postop (Fig.9 BW).  A provisional is fabricated for progressive loading because of mild crestal bone loss (*).

Water Lift Last Next Screw Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 06/04/2020, last revision 02/23/2021