After extraction, osteotomy (Fig.3) and dummy implant try in (Fig.4), a definitive implant is placed palatally with the buccal gap (Fig.5 *).  In fact there is mild buccal contour collapse prior to bone graft (arrow).   The space that will be filled with bone graft was partially occupied by granulation tissue prior to extraction.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/01/2018, last revision 06/01/2019