Graftless Solutions for the Edentulous Patient

Saj Jivraj is Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry (USA). He gained his BDS from the University of Manchester School of Dentistry (UK) in 1993 and subsequently went on to complete diplomas at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry (Preceptorship in Prosthodontics, 1999) and the University of Southern California School of Dentistry (Certificate in Advanced Prosthodontics, 2002). He also holds a Masters in Science Education from University of Southern California School of Education (2002). His positions at the USC School of Dentistry have included Chairman of the Section of Fixed Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry and Director of Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics. In addition, he is an Honorary Clinical Teacher at the Eastmann Dental Institute in London. He is the author of more than 30 journal articles as well as co-author of the book Treatment Planning in Implant Dentistry(BDJ Books, 2007).

“This book is designed to meet the needs of clinicians experienced in placing and restoring dental implants. … It also offers information on laboratory fabrication, prosthetic and surgical complications, management of failure and maintenance. This book is very detailed, richly illustrated, with a whole chapter describing clinical cases. The book targets clinicians experienced in the placement and restoration of dental implants based on a number of relevant clinical cases.” (Marian-Vladimir Constantinescu, Stomatology EDU Journal, Vol. 7 (4), 2020)

• Treatment Planning Considerations: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning – A Restorative Perspective.- Diagnosis and Treatment Planning – A Surgical Perspective.- Considerations for Guided Surgery.- Digital Workflow for Surgery and Prosthetics in Full Arch Rehabilitation.- Surgical, Prosthetic and Biomechanical Considerations for Zygomatic Implants. Immediate Loading and Surgery: ;Scientific Basis of Immediate Loading and the Biomechanics of Graft-less Solutions.- Surgical Step by Step for the Traditional Tilted Implant Concept.- Surgical Step by Step for the Zygomatic Implant.- Clinical Aspects of the Immediate Load Provisional. Materials and Clinical Aspects of the Definitive Restoration: Material Considerations for Full Arch Implant Supported Restorations.- Clinical Aspects of the Definitive Restoration.- Speech and Facial Aesthetic Considerations for the Contour of Fixed Prostheses.- Laboratory Aspects of the Definitive Restoration.Complications and Maintenance: Prosthetic Complications with Immediately Loaded, Full-Arch, Fixed Implant Supported Prostheses.- Management of Failure and Implant Related Complications in Graft-less Implant Reconstructions.- Maintenance of Full Arch Implant Supported Restorations. Edentulous Patients - Clinical Cases: Clinical Cases.- Increasing Case Acceptance.