Implant Fixture
notes: label: Description
content: Dental fixture made by Nobel Biocare. This firm began in 1978 as a partnership between Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark, a Swedish medical researcher who discovered osseointegration (the fusing of titanium with bone) and the Swedish firm Bofors, a Swedish company. By industrializing Brånemark's discovery, it led to the modern success of dental implants.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nobel Biocare USA, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0196.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0196
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0196.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Implant
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: titanium (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: manufactured (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.4 cm x 1.1 cm; 2 15/16 in x 7/16 in