A soft tissue preservation, dental implant arrangement, comprising: a hollow shell with an interior volume and a shell axis , the hollow shell having an outer surface adapted to engage a soft tissue socket after a tooth has been extracted from a bone socket under gingival tissue, the shell having a first perimeter configured for placement toward the bone socket and a second perimeter configured for placement adjacent an outer surface of the gingival tissue around the soft tissue socket, the first perimeter being smaller than the second perimeter so that the shell tapers outwardly from the first perimeter to the second perimeter, the second perimeter having an asymmetrically scalloped shape including a distal peak , a mesial peak opposite of the distal peak , a lingual valley between the distal peak and the mesial peak , and a facial valley between the distal peak and the mesial peak and opposite the lingual valley , the shell being sized for engaging against the soft tissue socket without gaps; a dental implant having an implant axis and being adapted for placement in the bone socket; and a temporary post adapted to be rigidly connected to and coaxial with the dental implant , the temporary post extending in the interior volume of the hollow shell such that an interior space is formed between an outer surface of the post and an inner surface of the shell , a minimum inside diameter of the hollow shell being larger than a maximum outside diameter of the post such that no part of the shell contacts the post despite non-alignment of the shell axis and the implant axis of the dental implant when the post is rigidly connected to and coaxial with the dental implant , the interior space between the outer surface of the post and the inner surface of the shell being configured to receive a luting compound for coupling the outer surface of the post and the inner surface of the shell . a hollow shell with an interior volume and a shell axis , the hollow shell having an outer surface adapted to engage a soft tissue socket after a tooth has been extracted from a bone socket under gingival tissue, the shell having a first perimeter configured for placement toward the bone socket and a second perimeter configured for placement adjacent an outer surface of the gingival tissue around the soft tissue socket, the first perimeter being smaller than the second perimeter so that the shell tapers outwardly from the first perimeter to the second perimeter, the second perimeter having an asymmetrically scalloped shape including a distal peak , a mesial peak opposite of the distal peak , a lingual valley between the distal peak and the mesial peak , and a facial valley between the distal peak and the mesial peak and opposite the lingual valley , the shell being sized for engaging against the soft tissue socket without gaps; a dental implant having an implant axis and being adapted for placement in the bone socket; and a temporary post adapted to be rigidly connected to and coaxial with the dental implant , the temporary post extending in the interior volume of the hollow shell such that an interior space is formed between an outer surface of the post and an inner surface of the shell , a minimum inside diameter of the hollow shell being larger than a maximum outside diameter of the post such that no part of the shell contacts the post despite non-alignment of the shell axis and the implant axis of the dental implant when the post is rigidly connected to and coaxial with the dental implant , the interior space between the outer surface of the post and the inner surface of the shell being configured to receive a luting compound for coupling the outer surface of the post and the inner surface of the shell . <EOS>