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Per-Ingvar Brånemark

Swedish anatomist (1929-2014) · Sweden · Academics · Died at 85

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Per-Ingvar Brånemark was a Swedish physician and researcher, known as the "father of modern dental implantology". The Brånemark Osseointegration Center (BOC), named after its founder, was founded in 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

A life in dates

2016National Inventors Hall of FameAward2014Died20 December 20141997Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille IIAwardThe KTH Great PrizeAward1929Born3 May 1929

Also in Deutsch

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Radiograph of Brånemark's initial rabbit specimen, showing the titanium optic chamber fixed to the rabbit's tibia and fibula. The distal extent of the rabbit's femur can be seen at the left of the radiograph, completely unrelated to the screw, despite some sources (such as Block & Kent's textbook) claiming that Brånemark's study involved the femur.Radiograph of Brånemark's initial rabbit specimen, showing the titanium optic chamber fixed to the rabbit's tibia and fibula. The distal extent of the rabbit's femur can be seen at the left of the radiograph, completely unrelated to the screw, despite some sources (such as Block & Kent's textbook) claiming that Brånemark's study involved the femur.

Awards

National Inventors Hall of Fame2016
The KTH Great Prize1997
Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II1997
The Söderberg Prize
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
Honorary Doctor of the University of Sydney
Honorary doctorate of Umeå University
Honorary Doctor of Georgetown University

About this person

Country
Sweden
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2014 · aged 85

In common with Per-Ingvar

Assar LindbeckBoth received The Söderberg PrizeChristopher GillbergBoth received The Söderberg PrizeTorsten PerssonBoth received The Söderberg PrizeBertil HolmlundBoth received The Söderberg Prize

Academics from Sweden 2

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