Additive Manufacturing, Make Custom Porous Titanium Implant Possible

Abstract

By late 1969, a pioneer named Branemark defined the term of osseointegration as “a direct structural and functional connection between the living bone and the surface of a load carrying implant”. He inserted submerged titanium implants with a machined surface in the jawbone of dogs. The result between the bone integration with the surface of the titanium implant gave great fixation strength. This discovery led to the development of root-form endosseous dental implants which become the standard in dentistry in the last 30 years.