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Fig. 1-49. A groove is made along the crest of the ridge   Fig. 1-52. Five days postoperatively the tissue is healing

with a No. 700L fissure bur. It should be as long as the   uneventfully. mesiodistal portion of the blade and as deep as the blade.

Fig. 1-50. The blade in its groove.

Fig. 1-53. The final bridge is cemented with oxyphosphate of zinc cement after healing around the implant has taken place.

Fig. 1-51. When the shoulders are buried 1 to 2 mm. below the alveolar crest, the tissues are sutured over the implant.

Fig. 1-54. A postoperative radiograph taken after cementation.