In the 1952, Per-Ingvar Brånemark was studying of the anatomy of blood flow. As part of that work, he attached a titanium-housed optical component to a rabbit’s leg.
The work at hand was completed successfully, but when it came time to remove the metal-framed optics from the bone, he famously discovered that the bone and titanium had become virtually inseparable.
First dental implant in mouth was placed in 1969 and it survived till patients demise in 2019.
In 1998 collaboration with Dr. Paulo Maló, Nobel Biocare created a concept with tilted and immediately loaded implants – the first of its kind. The legendary All-on-4® treatment concept.