In order to bury the implant completely, the length of the implant is further shortened, as shown in Fig.3.  A 6.4x8 mm tapered implant is placed, 2 mm below the original top of the crest and 2 mm above the nerve.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 01/26/2013, last revision 01/26/2014