It is quick and safe to finish osteotomy with tapered drills with stoppers (Fig.4 <).  This last tapered drill is 5.3x14 mm.  Yellow dashed line: the upper border of the inferior alveolar nerve canal.

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Xin Wei, DDS, PhD, MS 1st edition 02/10/2013, last revision 02/10/2014