Thanks for continuing to answer my questions. I really appreciate it.

I provided a side-by-side comparison of 3 xrays showing #8. The leftmost one was taken in May 2012, about a week after #19 had been pulled. (What in the world are those two dark, slanted lines at the top that seem to outline a small-scale version of Mt. Everest in my mouth?) The middle xray is from Aug 2012 and the last one is from Aug 2013.

After comparing them side-by-side myself for the first time this morning, I'm disappointed that there seems to be little if any bone regeneration since #8 was yanked.

I knew that the bone loss around #8 had endangered the adjacent teeth, but no one made it sound as dire as you do. The first oral surgeon thought an implant was possible if I had bone and soft tissue grafting when #8 was pulled, and possibly secondary grafting before the implant.

Another oral surgeon pulled #8 in Sep 2012. His records state that "Foundation graft placed 4-0 chromic gut." I'm almost certain that he didn't do a soft tissue graft.

What do you think needs to be done about the #8 vicinity after learning some more history and seeing a couple of more xrays?

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