Modified Tunnel Procedure to Facilitate Ridge Reconstruction of an Extraction Socket Associated with Buccal Dehiscence and Gingival Recession: A Case Report with a 6-year Follow-Up

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(a and b) Tooth #25 was minimally traumatically extracted. (c and d) The extraction socket was filled with deproteinised bovine bone (Bio-Oss granules, Geistlich). (e and f) The socket sealed using ovate pontic of the Maryland bridge. The pontic has been adjusted to remove all contacts in static and dynamic occlusion. There was a small gap between the pontic and palatal soft tissues (arrowed in f), resulting in escaping of some Bio-Oss particles and, therefore, preventing socket seal in this place.

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