The blades are tapered to allow for proper contour of the final restoration, fig. 40, which is fitted and cemented, figs. 41, 42. A final x-ray shows the completed case, fig. 43.

Improvising often can result in less complications for the patient and dentist as well as saving the patient a great financial burden by not having to redo an entire restoration. In this situation, the male attachment was removed from an existing Nesbit bridge, fig. 44, and used as the anterior abutment, figs. 45, 46, for a prefabricated bridge by picking it up with a posterior crown with a plaster index, figs. 47, 48. A groove is made in the same manner as usual, fig. 49, so that

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