Gap (synonyms: jumping distance, bone gap) between the implant surface and surrounding bone upon the immediate implant placement can be used for buccal plate preservation. Our case report revised a ITI and Neves et al (2013) recommendations. Finally, case report in a 32-year-old-patient confirms a good spontaneous bone healing and successful osseointegration in a situation of 2 mm gap between immediate implant allowing preserving a buccal plate.

Dental implants and their role continue increasing not only in oral surgery/periodontics but also in fibula jaw surgery. 2 So, the critically important dental implants sections in oral and maxillofacial surgery journals are growing similar to publications focused clearly on implants. One of them is Clinical Oral Implants Research (COIR), which is a 'hybrid' journal (contains both, toll and open access articles) 3 and official publication of the European Association for Osseointegration published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 4 Being launched in December 1990 (Niklaus P. Lang is a founding editor) as quarterly journal, it continues developing nearly full last 30 years. From 1997 it increased frequency to 6 issues per year and from 2008 started circulate 12 issues per year. 5, 6 SCImago Journal & Country Rank put COIR at first place among 47 journals in category "Oral Surgery. " 7 According to ISI Journal Citation Reports Ranking