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Today’s dental implants owe their high rate of success to a long history of trial and error. For instance, a metal known as titanium in 1952 was found to permanently fuse with the bone of a rabbit. For centuries prior to that, however, many attempts were made to restore teeth with rudimentary dental implants but failed. Still, despite these unsuccessful attempts, a lot was learned over the years that helped develop the sturdy, durable dental implants now available. Here’s a brief history of how the modern dental implant came to be.
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