The bone surrounding an implant is inevitably exposed to mechanical and thermal stresses during osteotomy preparation. These stresses can compromise the vitality of bone tissue and hence pose an inherent risk to the integration of endosseous implants (Bra-nemark et al., 1986). Bone drilling as the most common clinical procedure for osteotomy preparation, for example, has been shown to potentially
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