Researchers Working to Shorten Healing Time of Dental Implants

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have created a technology to improve the healing time of dental implants.

Per-Ingvar Brånemark was the first to discover that titanium could be implanted into human bone and not be rejected by the body. Titanium is covered with a thin layer of naturally formed oxide and it is this oxide's properties that determine how well an implant fuses with the bone.

Up until now, researchers have manipulated the surface shape of titanium implants and their oxide layer on only a micro level (one-one millionth of a meter). With recent advances in technology, however, manipulations can occur down to the nanometer (one-one billionth of a meter), which speeds up the process of osseointegration (fusing of the jawbone to a titanium implant). The result is a shorter period of time between Day 1 of the dental implant procedure and completion, and less discomfort during the healing period.
 

The technology will require further research before it is introduced to the mainstream dental industry, but the rate of progress realized over the last 40 years in the dental implant procedure is nothing short of amazing.

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