Dentistry mourns death of implant pioneer
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- Published: Sunday, 04 January 2015 15:16
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The death of Per-Ingvar Branemark on December 20th. at the age of 85 was announced just before Christmas. He had been ill for some time. He was credited with the discovery of osseointegration, the ability for titanium to integrate with bone. This forms the basis of dental implantology, and osseointegration became the basis for other life enhancing technologies.
From Nobel Biocare website:
‘Whether he was meeting a patient for the first time or entertaining a lecture hall full of eager—yet often skeptical—students, Per-Ingvar Brånemark brought smiles to people’s faces. Describing and then documenting a world of clinical success that was beyond the imagination of most of his contemporaries, Brånemark was known for delivering “Aha!” experiences to patients and academics alike.
‘On December 20, 2014, Per-Ingvar Brånemark died after a period of extended illness in his hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, leaving his family, his friends and his colleagues all over the world in mourning.
‘Without the work of Per-Ingvar Brånemark the world might still be awaiting the advent of titanium implants. His observation, in the mid-twentieth century, that the human body would not only tolerate titanium, but also integrate it into living bone tissue (under carefully controlled conditions) revolutionized the fields of dental, maxillofacial and orthopedic rehabilitation.
‘Based on his original scientific insight—subsequently substantiated and rigorously documented—innovative bone-anchored restorative solutions have improved the quality of millions of people’s lives around the world since then.
More at: http://www.nobelbiocare.com/uk/en/home.html
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