Sweden---1965. An
anatomy professor/orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Per-Ingvar Branemark, placed the
first titanium dental implant in a patient who volunteered for the
procedure. The implant far exceeded
expectations, leading Dr. Branemark to coin the term “osseointegration” to
describe the physiological processes that allowed the adherence of bone to
titanium.
Dr. Branemark had researched bone healing and regeneration
since 1952 in order to understand the effects of orthopedic surgeries on his
patients. By 1965, his research led him
to become the pioneer in implantology and earned him the title, “father of
modern dental implantology”. Now at age
85, this hero of modern dentistry has seen his research and techniques impact
untold numbers of patients worldwide.
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