When the gauze is removed from the buccal sockets (Fig.5 black area), the buccal portion (B) of the septal gingiva (*) is sectioned from the buccal gingiva (Fig.6 curved white line) and elevated from the underlying septal bone and pushed palatally (arrow).  The septal gingiva (including the buccal portion) will be the palatal soft tissue wall of the subsequent osteotomy, providing blood supply to allograft to be placed.  In short, the septum (through the buccal socket) will be the osteotomy site.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 03/05/2018, last revision 07/23/2018