Dr. Jim Grant conceptualized creating a better dental implant in 2007. Based in Colorado Springs, the dentist said he was inspired to design the “first significant advance in dental implants” in years after a patient had issues with food getting caught in her teeth following an implant procedure.
“We have an obligation to do no harm to patients,” he said during an interview with Dentistry33 at the Rocky Mountain Dental Convention held earlier this year.
Grant said that he felt horrible when the patient had issues following the procedure.
“As dentists, we want to treat and help patients,” he said. Grant said the challenges with implants, for the most part, haven’t changed in years.
Proximerge 2 was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2022, and Grant was the first patient to receive the implant manufactured by Quadric BioMed, the company he helped found to launch the new implant.
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