Figure 9 shows the armamentarium of the unassembled system which includes the symphyseal blade, the ramus blade and the connecting tube (a vertical-horizontal hollow tube).

Figures 10 and 11 illustrates the titanium ramus blades. They are fabricated in five different lengths. Separate sets are used and are designed for each side of the mandible.

This newest five piece ramus system has been coordinated to exact measurements, shapes and sizes that were determined from measuring eighty dried mandibles.

Each entire set consists of four symphyseal blades of different sizes, depths and shapes, at least two connecting tubes and ten ramus blades, five for each side of the arch. Varying lengths are marked directly on the titanium ramus blades.

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