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In 1951, a Swedish orthopedic surgeon called Per-Ingvar Brånemark was working on a researchproject to determine how bone heals. In order to examine blood flow within the bone, he,together with a clinical team, implanted a titanium cylinder into the thighbone of a rabbit. Overthe ensuing months, they recorded their observations, wrote up their results and completedtheir research.

Little did Per-Ingvar Brånemark know that he was about to make a discovery that wouldforever change and shape the landscape of orthopedic surgery. Moreover, this discovery wouldlead to the conception of the field of dental implantology and the science behind giving peoplenewnewnewnew teethteethteethteeth! For it was upon the conclusion of the experiment that the professor tried tosurgically extract the titanium implant from the rabbit’s bone only to discover that the bonehad biologically fused to the implant.

This became one of the most important discoveries in recent medical history.

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“For centuries, dentists had been trying to no avail to find a material from which artificial teethcould be fashioned; a material that would be accepted by the jawbone and not rejected andpushed out. They experimented with countless metals and alloys and yet the body rejectedevery one. It was in 1951 that Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark discovered the one metal thatwas completely biocompatible - titanium.”

“More than this, it was the perfect substitute for a missing tooth root because it is incrediblystrong, durable, non-corrodible, stable and non-toxic,” explains the dental implants specialistin New Jersey. “This discovery prompted an explosion of scientific research into the fields ofbone and teeth replacement and repair using titaniummetal.”

“It was, however, only in the 1980’s that the popularity of dental implants really took off. Sincethen, the science behind the hardware, the diagnostic technology and surgical techniques havebecome more and more sophisticated and increasingly refined. Today, we can give patients abrand new set of teeth in just one day with one surgery,” says the dental implants specialist inNew Jersey.

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“A dental implant is a little titanium cylinder or screw that is used to replace the root of amissing tooth. The implant itself typically isn’t visible once it has been placed - no more thanthe roots of your teeth are visible,” explains the dentaldentaldentaldental implantsimplantsimplantsimplants specialistspecialistspecialistspecialist inininin NewNewNewNew JerseyJerseyJerseyJersey.“But it is used to support a customized ceramic crown that looks just like a natural tooth. Ifyou’ve lost multiple teeth along a dental arch, implants can be used to support a prostheticbridge.”

The discovery of osseointegration – the process whereby bone fuses to the surface of a titaniumimplant – was indeed serendipitous, but the development of the technology it conceived hasbeen guided by meticulous science and rigorous clinical trials. Today, dental healthcareprofessionals in all four corners of the globe regard dental implants as the best and mostsophisticated answer to missing teeth.

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Stay tuned for the second half of this series to read more about what the dental implantsspecialist in New Jersey has to say about teeth implants, how they work and what their benefitsare.

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