Figure 1.

Immediate implant placement in postextraction socket (test group) of an adult female patient (34 years old): (a) the socket immediately after extraction; (b) the implant (Anyridge, Megagen, Gyeongbuk, South Korea) was placed in the fresh extraction socket; (c) the implant was immediately loaded with a provisional resin crown; (d) three months later, the final metal-ceramic crown was delivered to the patient; (e) first scan (S1) of the peri-implant soft tissues with a powerful intraoral scanner (Trios®, 3-Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark), at the delivery of the final crown; (f) 1-year clinical control; (g) 2-year clinical control; (h) second scan (S2) of the peri-implant soft tissues 2 years after the delivery of the final crown; (i) overlapping of digital images (S2 over S1) in powerful reverse-engineering software (Geomagic Studio 2012®, Geomagic, Morrisville, NC, USA).