This next case, fig. 155, was designed with fenestrated secondary struts and solid primary struts, figs. 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162.

A remaining blade post firmly anchored into the bone existed in this otherwise totally edentulous mandible, fig. 163. The bone was exposed revealing the mental foramina on both sides, figs. 164, 165, and after the impression which included the existing blade post, the tissues were sutured closed, fig. 166. The casting framework included a coping that would be cemented

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