When the patient returns for restoration 4.5 months postop, local oral hygiene is not good with light gingival erythema.  There is tenderness when the healing abutment is being removed.  It appears that osteointegraton is to occur; the mesial bone density is low (Fig.4 *).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/04/2020, last revision 01/04/2020