This is what Roger Ebert has and others here. The drawbacks to it is that what it improves esthetics significantly, it has no stability to allow for restoration of function. In some patients, that have dysphagia to the extreme, function isn't an issue anymore so this is more than adequate. Those people like Ebert, are not going to be chewing foods, usually have multiple issues related to other anatomical shortcomings that would also compromise full rehabilitation, and the goal is to have them stable and in an esthetic state that allows them some sense of feeling good about their appearance, particularly in public. Not every patient after all this can be restored to full function, so there are a variety of modalities in approaching this all highly individualized to a particular patients situation.