Sinopsis

This memorial symposium was planned by friends of Professor P-I Brånemark who for decades played a major role in different medical and scientific disciplines, through his discovery of osseointegration. Trained as an MD at the University of Lund, where he also received his PhD and then became professor of anatomy at the University of Gothenburg. He was awarded innumerable awards, more than 25 honorary degrees and doctorates, honorary fellowships and medals throughout the world. He inspired - sometimes even trained - thousands of colleagues and researchers in reconstructive surgery. His discovery has already benefited millions of patients. Sadly Professor P-I Brånemark passed away on December 20, 2014.

The meeting started with a state dinner at the Grand Hotel, Stockholm, while the symposium was graciously hosted by the Karolinska Institutet. A selection of pioneers and intimate collaborators were invited to make presentations in their respective fields, which ranged from oral and maxillofacial surgery to hand surgery, and from orthopaedics to ENT, including anaplastology and prosthodontics. Indeed Brånemark's contributions are so universal that they cannot be associated with one particular field of healthcare or science. The contributors illustrated how important the work, teachings and convictions of P-I, as he was mostly called, were and remain on the development of new approaches in oral and extraoral rehabilitation of amputees. His research on the microcirculation of hard and soft tissues also opened up new perspectives.

The aim of this book is to perpetuate his teachings, as formulated by his wife Barbro K. Brånemark during her welcome speech "Let us together continue what P-I started and do our best for our fellow human beings like P-I did". Therefore all benefits of the meeting and publication will go to the "P-I Brånemark Institute Bauru" in Brazil.

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The Memorial Dinner at the Grand Hôtel Stockholm, 26 September 2015
Welcome
Barbro K. Brånemark

Thank You P-I
Yataro Komiyama, DDS, PhD

After-dinner Speech
David Harris, FDS, RCS ENG.FFD, RCSI, MRCS, EngLRCPLON

The Memorial Symposium at the Karolinska Institutet - Welcome and Introduction 27 September, 2015
Introductory Remarks
Daniel van Steenberghe MD, PhD, Drhc

P-I Brånemark and the European Association for Osseointegration
Björn Klinge, DDS, PhD/Odont Dr, President EAO 2014-2016

P-I's Approach to Individual Patients Worldwide and His Philanthropic Actions
Barbro K. Brånemark

The Biology and Clinical Outcome of Osseointegration
Per-Ingvar Brånemark's Early Research on Osseointegration and its Meaning on the Histological and Ultrastructural Levels
Tomas Albrektsson, MD, PhD, ODhc, RCPSG

From Microcirculation to Face Transplantation
Elof Eriksson, MD, PhD; Bohdan Pomahac, MD

From the Original Machined to Improved Implant Surfaces
Bertil Friberg, DDS, MDS, PhD

The Various Applications of Osseointegration
Restoring Function and Anatomy in the Orofacial Defect Patient
Ragnar Adell, DDS, PhD

Osseointegrated Amputation Prostheses: 25 years of Clinical and Scientific Development
Björn Rydevik, MD, PhD

Bone-anchored Facial Prostheses
Marcelo Ferraz de Oliveira, DDS

The Perceptual Role of Osseointegrated Implants
Hand Surgery and the Phenomenon of Osseoperception
Göran Lundborg, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Hearing Aids Anchored to Osseointegrated Implants
Anders Tjellström, MD, PhD, DSc hc

The Multidisciplinary Approach
Some Retrospectives from a Team-oriented Procedure
Ulf Lekholm, DDS, PhD; Berit Adielson

The Multidisciplinary Approach to Oral Rehabilitation
Dr Stephen M. Parel, DDS

The Zygoma Concept for the Totally Edentulous Patient
Chantal Malevez, MD, DDS, OMFS

The Cooperation between Surgeon and Anaplastologist
Kerstin Bergström, CDT, MDhc

The Current State of Face Transplantation
Michael Sosin, MD; Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS

The Time of Loading Implants
From the Brånemark Novum to the Generalized Use of Immediate Implant Loading
Kenji W. Higuchi, DDS, MS; John B. Brunski, PhD

P-I and the Industry
The Journey from Understanding in 1952 to Patient Care and the Spawning of an Industry Today
Richard Laube, CEO Nobel Biocare