implants and dental prosthetics . founded karlskoga sweden 1981 as bofors nobelpharma founder professor per ingvar br nemark bofors headquarters z rich switzerland area served worldwide key people richard laube ceo products dental implants individualized cad cam prosthetics abutments crowns bridges overdenture bars scanners 3d diagnostics and planning software components for guided surgery drill motors biomaterials training and education for dental professionals revenue eur 566.8 million 2013 1 total assets eur 609.9 million 2013 1 total equity eur 335.1 million 2013 1 number of employees 2 488 website 1 nobel biocare 1 is a company that manufactures dental implants and cad cam based individualized prosthetics and is headquartered in kloten switzerland near the z rich airport . nobel biocare in its current form was founded in 2002 . it originates in a partnership formed in 1978 between swedish medical researcher professor per ingvar br nemark and bofors a swedish company to industrialize br nemark s discovery of osseointegration 2 the fusing of titanium with bone nobel biocare is listed at the six swiss exchange . contents 1 field of activity 2 history 2.1 the 1970s and 1980s 2.2 the 1990s 2.3 the new century 3 products 4 footnotes 5 references 6 external links field of activity edit the core business of the company is the manufacture of dental implants and related products used to treat tooth loss such as abutments crowns and bridges . the company also sells scanners and software for designing individualized patient specific prosthetics . nobel biocare also develops software for diagnostics and implant treatment planning and produces customized patient specific guided surgery templates for implant placement surgeries . since the legal training requirements for clinicians who carry out implant treatment vary from country to country nobel biocare runs a training and education program for dental professionals in several countries . history edit the 1970s and 1980s edit in 1978 the swedish health authorities approved the insertion of dental implants for clinical purposes and br nemark entered into a partnership with bofors to industrialize his ideas and bring them to a broader market . a new company bofors nobelpharma later nobelpharma was founded in 1981 in gothenburg sweden to commercialize professor br nemark s findings . the company launched a number of new products including abutments drilling equipment and an instrument kit . in 1982 br nemark presented his results at the toronto conference on osseointegration in clinical dentistry . in the same year the u.s. food and drug administration fda approved the use of titanium dental implants in the united states . in 1983 dr. matts andersson developed the procera system 3 of high precision repeatable manufacturing of dental crowns . this was a fully automated method for the industrial cad cam production of dental prosthetics . nobelpharma acquired the new technology in 1988 . after the fda approval for titanium implants in 1983 nobelpharma usa inc. was established . the company began selling the br nemark system in the united states . subsidiaries nobelpharma canada inc. and nobelpharma japan inc. were established in the same decade along with other offshoots in france spain australia italy germany and the uk . the company made a profit for the first time in 1989 . in this year the swedish national board of health and welfare approved the procera technique . the 1990s edit at the turn of the decade osseointegration as an observed process was 25 years old . in 1990 br nemark system was registered as a trademark in the us . in 1993 in need of further sources of funding to continue its expansion and growth plans nobelpharma was listed on the stockholm stock exchange in 1994 . in 1996 the company changed its name to nobel biocare . nobel biocare acquired the american implant manufacturer steri oss inc. in 1998 . in the later part of the decade nobel biocare opened a manufacturing plant in mahwah new jersey usa . the new century edit in 2002 the company changed its organizational structure by establishing a domicile in switzerland with a newly founded group parent company . the primary listing of the shares was changed to the six swissexchange in 2008 the listing at the omx exchange in stockholm was discontinued . products edit nobel biocare is a market leader in offering solutions from root to tooth covering dental implants restorative components cad cam prosthetics and biomaterials . dental implants can replace single or multiple missing teeth . they are placed in a patient s jaw bone to provide a fixation for any prosthetic add on such as a crown similar to the way the root of a tooth provides firm anchoring . there are several implant types that differ in their shape with their use depending on patients medical treatment requirements and the clinician s preference . manufacturing plants for dental implants are based in karlskoga sweden yorba linda usa and tel aviv israel . under the brand name nobelprocera nobel biocare has a portfolio of dental prosthetics and related components . nobel biocare develops software for clinicians for diagnosing patients and planning treatments . in 2005 the company introduced guided surgery to the field of dental implantology . footnotes edit 1 . annual report 2013 pdf . nobel biocare 2 . nobel biocare rejects bone loss claims english the local december 16 2005 3 . all clear for nobel biocare english the local february 7 2006 4 . danaher acquiers nobel biocare holding english the local september 15 2014 references edit bloomberg . osseointegration . procera system . external links edit official website companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nobel biocare & oldid 729418889 categories manufacturing companies of switzerlanddental companiesswedish brandsswiss brandshealth care companies of switzerlandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported 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