Triangular Ridge Preparation - Using a Round Pilot Drill

It’s been a little while since I’ve dropped an implant. I’m feeling the need to cut something hahaha. Anyone else feeling the need to drill? At least I can get on with posting up some new tips, so here it is: Ninja Tip: I get a lot of requests asking for help with this type of bone. See how the mandibular ridge here is very skinny towards the top? That is a very common scenario! If it's just skinny on the top of the ridge and it quickly gets much wider below that, you can simply level the skinny portion of the bone off. You can do this in 2 ways: Make a flap and use a large round bur to reduce the bone in the general area OR… Use a small round pilot drill to make your purchase point for the implant preparation. In this case I used a small round bur. It is a little bit less invasive and it is relatively quick and easy. I used this instead of my traditional lance pilot drill and I even sank it a bit deeper than usual.