This paper investigated the intellectual structure of the dental implant research between 1966 and 2007. A total of 598 dental implant academics which registered more than 11, 621 citations were selected. Database used in this study was provided by the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index, and the citation counts were analyzed with several bibliometrics techniques-author co-citation and factor analysis. In this study, we 1. identify the core authors and core journals that constitute the intellectual structure of dental implant field; 2. determine the main themes within dental implant research; and 3. graphically map the intellectual structure in two-dimensional space to visualize spatial distances between intellectual themes. Results from these analyses are presented and discussed.