
Dental implants as we know them today got their start in the 1950s and 1960s, when Dr. Per-Ingvar Branemark stumbled upon the discovery that titanium could fuse with the bone. This eventually led to the placement of the first dental implant in 1965. The treatment has been refined since that time, but titanium is still the material of choice for making implant posts. Why do dentists continue to prefer titanium dental implants? In this post, you’ll discover 3 important reasons why.
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