New surgical procedures of the osseointegration technique A.M. Brånemark

This paper aims to give a few personal comments on some new surgical procedures, which have during later years been introduced for use in severely resorbed jaws, treated with the osseointegration technique a.m. Brånemark. The methods presented are: (a) the use of 5 mm diameter implants, (b) the bone tissue regeneration technique, (c) the local onlay grafting procedure, (d) the sinus lift procedure, (e) the pterygoid implant technique, and (f) the nerve transposition procedure. The paper was originally presented at the Nobelpharma Team Day Conference in Sydney, November 1992.