A set of Osteotomes used for forming an implant socket during a ridge expansion osteotomy may be specially constructed to reduce crestal alveolar stress and to reduce likelihood of a crestal fracture. Each osteotome includes a conical working tip having a free end and a working base. A first osteotome of the set has a working tip formed with a first diameter, Y, at the free end, and a second diameter, X, at the working base, with the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, X>Y; and wherein for each successive osteotome of the set, the diameter at the free end increases linearly by a constant increment, k, and the diameter at the working base alternately increases by a constant increment, C, as a step function. Other interrelationships between the free end and the working base of the previous and successive osteotomes operate to maintain crestal integrity.