NEW YORK — Per-Ingvar Branemark, a Swedish orthopedic surgeon and research professor whose accidental discovery made him the father of the modern dental implant, died Dec. 20 in Gothenburg, Sweden, ...

Branemark s first titanium dental implant patient, in the mid-1960s, was Gosta Larsson, a man with a cleft palate, jaw deformities and no teeth in his lower jaw. The operation giving him four titanium ...

Per-Ingvar Brånemark, MD, PhD, a Swedish orthopedic surgeon and researcher who was called the father of the modern dental implant, died on December 20 in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the age of 85. His wife ...

There are 15 million Americans who have undergone dental procedures to implant crowns or bridges meant to fix gaps in their teeth or replace broken teeth, according to the American Academy of Implant ...

Dental implants used to replace single teeth continue to function well after several decades, according to a study from the ...

When they were first introduced, dental implants were an inconsistent and unproven treatment option. But that did not deter Paul Schnitman, DDS, MSD, from learning everything he could about them as a ...