[GROUP 1: Biography] - Per-Ingvar Brånemark studied at Lund University in Sweden. - He became a professor of Anatomy at Gothenburg University in 1969. - Brånemark was awarded the Swedish Society of Medicines Soederberg Prize in 1992. - He was honored with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Medal. - Brånemark received an honorary doctorate from the European University of Madrid.

[GROUP 2: Dental implantology] - The first Dental Implant Consensus Conference was held in 1978. - Brånemark's work on osseointegration reinvigorated implant dentistry. - The Toronto conference brought recognition to Brånemark's implant methods. - The Brånemark System of dental implants is available from Nobel Biocare. - Brånemark's work is considered a significant scientific breakthrough in dentistry.

[GROUP 3: Work on osseointegration] - Brånemark's work brought recognition to implant dentistry. - Early dental implant technology consisted of blade and transosteal implants. - Rootform endosteal implants became the new standard. - The osseointegration phenomenon was first described by Bothe et al. in 1940. - Brånemark coined the term osseointegration.

[GROUP 4: See also] - Osseoincorporation - Dental Implants - Osseointegration

[GROUP 5: References] - Implant information page - Associated Brånemark Osseointegration Centers - Per-Ingvar Brånemark Biography - European Patent Office on implanting hope - The man who made people smile by Nobel Biocare