58. The tissues are sutured and immediately after the posts are made parallel to each other, fig.

59. Healing is rapid, figs. 60, 61, and the final prosthesis has been functioning at this date for nearly nine years, fig. 62. The x-ray was an eight year post-operative view, fig. 63.

Many cases have been done with only three blades, the anterior one usually avoiding a deep unhealed socket area or merely an area not having enough bone, fig. 64. The three blades often support the full arch fixed prosthesis as well as four, figs. 65, 66, 67.

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