SevaDharma Dental Clinic: HISTORY OF Osseointegration

Friday 15 July 2011

HISTORY OF Osseointegration

HISTORY OF Osseointegration


*   1952- Branemark coined the term Osseointegration


Branemark,  a Swedish surgeon, while conducting research into the healing patterns of bone tissue, accidentally discovered that when pure titanium comes into direct contact with the living bone tissue, the two literally grow together to form a permanent biological adhesion. He named this phenomenon "osseointegration 

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