Another case showing the anterior prosthesis which must be completed before the posterior surgery can begin, figs. 48, 49, 50. The ramus groove is made and the blade is inserted, figs. 51, 52, and repeated on the opposite side, figs. 53, 54, 55. The telescopic coping with its hollow tube is fitted over the cable and can slide mesially and distally as it is tapped downward to en-gage the cantilevered pontic, figs. 56, 57. It is repeated on the other side, fig. 58, and the posterior quadrants are completed, figs. 59, 60, 61. The post-operative x-ray shows the reason why a sliding cable was used on the right side so as not to involve the broken, buried blade that had been functioning successfully five years prior to its breakage, fig. 62.

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