The length of the incision in an intratooth situation is dictated by the teeth approximating the incision on its mesial and distal side. Fig. 1. The tissues are reflected, fig. 2, and the groove is made, figs. 3, 4. A specially designed instrument is sometimes used to check the overall depth of the groove, fig. 5. A blade that was shortened on each side so that it still remained symmetrical and can be fitted into the narrower space was done and carried, fig. 6, into the groove, fig. 7. The body of the blade was bent to fit passively into the curved groove. With a double headed tapping instrument, fig. 8, the blade was tapped until resistance was felt, fig. 9. Being that it was not buried deeply enough a special blade removing instrument is used to tap the blade out of the bone, fig. 10. After using a long 700 XXL bur to deepen the groove, the blade was able to be tapped to its proper depth, fig. 11.

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