SwitzerlandPart of Envista HoldingsThe company that commercialised osseointegration. Founded to industrialise Per-Ingvar Brånemark's discovery, Nobel Biocare originated the modern dental implant and remains one of the premium systems. Part of Envista Holdings.
In the 1950s Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark discovered that bone fuses with titanium - osseointegration - after finding that a titanium optical chamber implanted in a rabbit's leg could not be removed. In 1965 he placed the first osseointegrated dental implants in Gösta Larsson in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Swedish health authorities approved dental implants for clinical use in 1978, and Brånemark partnered with Bofors to industrialise the technology. Bofors Nobelpharma was founded in 1981 in Gothenburg, renaming itself Nobel Biocare in 1996.
Danaher acquired Nobel Biocare in 2014 for approximately $2.2 billion. In December 2019 Danaher spun its dental platform out as Envista Holdings, where Nobel Biocare sits today alongside Implant Direct and Alpha-Bio Tec.
Manufacturers whose components are recorded as fitting Nobel Biocare systems. The number is how many of its 21 systems list that brand.
ACE Surgical Supply21
ACH Medical / Biogenesis / G-Diff21
ADIN Dental Implants21
Alfa Gate21
Anthogyr21
Avinent Implant System21
B&W s.r.l.21
BioHorizons21
Biomet 3i21
Bioner21
BTK21
Cowellmedi21
Dentis21
DIO21
DSP Biomedical21
EASY System Implant21
Eckermann21
Elite Medica21
Euroteknika21
Galimplant21
GMI (Global Medical Implants)21Switzerland