When a bladevent is failing, fig. 1, the bridge can be usually disked off, allowing a cantilevered pontic, fig. 2, to remain attached to the anterior portion of the prosthesis. The failing implant is removed, fig. 3, and the socket is thoroughly cleansed of all granulation tissue, fig. 4, and the tissues are sutured closed, fig. 5. Three to six months later after the sockets fill in with new bone, another bladevent is inserted, the cantilevered pontic is prepared for a telescopic coping and a new fixed prosthesis is fabricated, fig. 6, and cemented, figs. 7, 8. A post-operative radio-graph reveals the second implant in the original implant site, fig. 9.

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