With no stop fixture mount for a 4.5x11.5 mm implant placed at #28, the osteotomy at #30 is much easier. A 5x17 mm Tatum tapered tap is inserted with the guide and then without the guide. Finally the 5x14 mm tissue level implant is placed free hand (Fig.4).
Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 04/30/2021, last revision 05/01/2021