Bone graft at the time of implant placement or earlier?
I extracted #23 around 5 months back. I am getting conflicting advice regarding whether to graft at the time of implant placement to improve the emergence profile or graft earlier and then later place the implant.
1) Can it be deciphered through the CBCT(Hounsefield units) that the healing socket still has got some soft tissue or is it pure bone?
2) I want to lay a flap although using a guide to add (autogenous bone + Bio-Oss+ Bio-Gide) graft to the implant site 23 to improve emergence profile. What precautions should I take and how should I approach the case?
3) I am being told that laying a flap rather than doing it with a keyhole technique [without laying a flap] will impair the blood supply to the site (extraction of tooth 23 five months prior) leading to complications like graft or/and implant failure. Is that right?