First the crestal cortex is split with a surgical fissural bur (Fig.4 red line), followed by thin osteotomes (green line: scalpel, bone scalpels (probably until 5 or 6 mm, as indicated by Fig.1 (mesiodistal width)), bone blades (until 5.5 mm)).

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 11/16/2014, last revision 11/17/2019