The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of implantation of the dense hydroxyapatite (HA) granules$(Apaceram^{(R)})$ in the fresh extraction sockets on the residual ridge resorption in normal and induced diabetic rabbits. Sixty-four white rabbits, weighing 3.0kg, were utilized in this study and they were divided into four group : group 1-sixteen normal rabbits without filling HA granules, group 2-sixteen normal rabbits with filling HA granules, group 3-sixteen diabetic rabbits without filling HA granules, group 4-sixteen diabetic rabbits with filling HA granules. HA granules were filled immediately after extraction in the extraction sockets of the mandibular left 1st, 2nd, and 3rd molar in group 2 and 4, and no HA granules were filled in group 1 and 3. The calculation of residual ridge resoption was done at 4th week, 8th week, 12th week, and 16th week after surgery, and histologic examination was performed to study healing process at 2nd week, 4th week, 8th week, and 16th week after surgery. The results were as follows : 1. The amount of residual ridge resorption was largest in group 3, and smallest in group 2 in every interval. There was no statistically significant difference between group 1 and 4. 2. In all groups, the amount of residual ridge resorption was high until 4th week after surgery, but the rate of residual ridge resolution slowly decreased after 4th week 3. There was more active healing process in group 1 and 2 than in group 2 and 4. 4. According to filling of HA granules, there was no difference in the amount of new bone formation, but direct contact could be observed between newly formed bone and HA granules in group 2 and 4. 5. Group 1 and 3 showed marked bone resorption and adipose marrow from 8th-16th week after surgery, but group 2 and 4 did not show maeked bone resolution, and showed fibrous tissue and a little adipose tissue among trabeculae from 8th week.