made for the R'S`'' system. The ramus blade with its solid anterior horizontal extension arm is tapped into the ramus groove (9), so that the arm is oblique to the occlusal plane (10). The anterior component consisting of the telescopic coping and distally ex-tended hollow tube is slid over the horizontal arm (11). It is made to slide rather easily along the extension arm. The extension arm is carefully tapped or pushed downward, working the "cable car" mesially and distally until it snaps into or over the pontic, depending on which type of attachment was used (12) . The horizontal arm should line up properly with the opposing jaw and should

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