Fig.5: After infiltration anesthesia, the implant at #29 is torqued down initially (from 0 to 15/20 Ncm) to determine how much space is left (^) and how close the implant is to the mental loop (yellow dashed line).  The two implants are at the same level, as compared to before re-torquing.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 11/16/2014, last revision 11/18/2014