Quite often, patients, previous to implant work, neglected their teeth and practiced poor oral hygiene, fig. 81. Besides being so neglectful this man was an athiest, so I decided to put a little religion into his soul.

Grooves were made and the various designed bladevents were implanted into the bone, one of the implants, being a Vitallium "Star of David", figs. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88. Several weeks later after the tissues were thoroughly healed, fig. 89, the soldered castings were fitted, fig. 90. By the fourth week the tissues looked well clinically and the blades were firm inside the bone, fig. 91, and the finished prosthesis was cemented, figs. 92, 93, 94. A final x-ray was taken, fig. 95.

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