Sbordone C, et al. - The present controlled study aimed to assess the impact of alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) in maintaining the external contour of the ridge after fresh socket grafting with or without particulate anorganic bovine bone mineral (BBM) and resorbable barrier covering. It was observed in the findings that the dimensional loss in postextraction sockets grafted with anorganic bovine bone substitute and covered by a resorbable collagen barrier was lower as compared to that of the naturally healing sites. Findings revealed that ridge preservation was able to maintain almost 80% of the pristine bone.