Nobody could have imagined in 1970 what a success story oral implantology would turn out to be, when seven dentists, headed by Prof Dr Hans L Grafelmann, a dentist from Bremen, founded DGZI. In spite of various negative opinions, mainly from universities, this then-adventurous therapy was established in Germany against the mainstream, thanks to a great deal of perseverance and conviction, an incredible drive and much operative skill. There were a growing number of colleagues who were fascinated by the possibility of fixing dental prostheses on implanted new dental roots, a process which could give patients the feeling of no longer being handicapped...
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