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Dental Implants

A dental implant is an artificial tooth root replacement and is used to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth.

There are several types of dental implants. The most widely accepted and successful implant today is the osseointegrated implant, based on the discovery by Swedish Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark that titanium can be successfully fused into bone when osteoblasts grow on and into the rough surface of the implanted titanium. This forms a structural and functional connection between the living bone and the implant.

Dr Israelsen has broad experience in placing dental implants, having placed several thousand, and was one of the pioneers in implant surgery in SLC and the intermountain area. He has also participated in FDA implant studies as a researcher. He has trained in Sweden with Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark, the inventor of dental implants. Dr Israelsen travels to clinics abroad on a regular basis, doing volunteer work centered around reconstruction of cancer patients in 3rd world countries using implants. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Osseointegration (this is not a board certification).

A variation on the implant procedure is the implant-supported bridge, or implant-supported denture.

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