Figure 2
Pre- and postoperative panoramic radiographs. Preoperative radiograph (a) is showing a persistent extraction socket and hypersclerosis of the mandibular bone in the region 46/47 after extraction of 47 in January 2013. Postoperative panoramic radiograph (b) revealing a reduction of the mandibular bone height after repeated osteotomy and adequate ossification of the former extraction sockets.