“…Importantly, the baseline CBCT images were taken immediately after tooth removal. This eliminated the need of digital subtraction of pre‐extraction target teeth, as reported in previous studies (Abdelhamid, Omran, Bakhshalian, Tarnow, & Zadeh, ; Crespi et al., ; Sbordone et al., ), and had the advantage to avoid the superimposition of bone and dental tissue.…”