The goal of modern dentistry is to return patients to normal health in a predictable fashion. The partial and complete edentulous patient may be unable to recover normal function, esthetics, comfort or speech with a traditional removable prosthesis. The patient's function when wearing a denture may be reduced to one sixth of that level formerly experienced with natural dentition. However, an implant prosthesis may return the function to near normal limits.The goal of modern dentistry is to return patients to normal health in a predictable fashion. The partial and complete edentulous patient may be unable to recover normal function, esthetics, comfort or speech with a traditional removable prosthesis. The patient's function when wearing a denture may be reduced to one sixth of that level formerly experienced with natural dentition. However, an implant prosthesis may return the function to near normal limits.