MEET OUR RESEARCHERS. [This podcast is in Swedish] The first guest for the season in Akademiliv the podcast is Jan Derks, a researcher at the Institute of Dentistry, who just defended his thesis Effectiveness of implant therapy in Sweden. The thesis shows that an overwhelming majority of elderly people who received implants are satisfied with the treatment, but that there also are patients who have problems with inflammation. Here you can listen to the…
Per-Ingvar Brånemark to be honored during Swedental
CONFERENCE. This year Swedental and Dental Medicine Convention organize a seminar to highlight and honor the memory of Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark, who died in late 2014. During the seminar, Per-Ingvar Brånemark’s research and clinic regarding osseointegrated implants for both dentistry and medicine will be highlighted. Osseointegration is a method to anchor the implant in the bone, especially in the jaw to support dental crowns and bridges, but the method has…