Dr. Tommaso Grandi is an Italian implantologist, researcher, and educator based in Modena. He founded Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic, part of the ZAGA Centers network, and holds exclusive ZAGA Center status for Modena, Parma, Bologna, and Reggio Emilia. His clinical and scientific work focuses on advanced implant rehabilitation, with particular expertise in immediate loading, full-arch treatments, and surgical solutions for patients with severe maxillary bone loss. His career combines private clinical practice, academic activity, scientific research, and postgraduate education.
Education and academic background
- 2004 – Degree in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, graduating with honors.
- 2007 – Research Fellow in the Department of Neuroscience and Head-Neck Rehabilitation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
- 2008-2013 – Contract Professor of Periodontology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia within the undergraduate dental curriculum.
- 2013 – Founded Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic in Modena, bringing clinical care, research and professional education together within one center.
Clinical and scientific focus
A central focus of Dr. Grandi’s research is immediate loading in implantology, including protocols that allow a fixed provisional restoration to be delivered on the day of implant surgery when clinical conditions permit. He has contributed to international multicenter scientific research in this field, collaborating with colleagues from different countries.
Areas of expertise
- Immediate-loading implant protocols
- Full-arch and full-mouth implant rehabilitation
- Advanced implantology for severe maxillary bone loss
- Zygomatic, pterygoid and transnasal implant techniques
- Bone regeneration and reconstructive procedures
- Oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures
- Prosthetically driven implant treatment planning
- Management of complex and previously considered untreatable implant cases
Research, publishing and professional education
Dr. Grandi is the author of Maxilla-For-All®, a book dedicated to advanced implantology. Alongside his clinical work, he is active in international professional education and regularly participates in implantology congresses, including live surgical demonstrations for specialist audiences.
At the Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic, he provides advanced education for dentists and implantologists from Italy and abroad through lectures, hands-on programs, live-surgery sessions and personalized one-to-one clinical experiences. Teaching is focused on anatomical knowledge, surgical decision-making, treatment planning and the safe management of complex implant cases.
Dr. Grandi's Scientific Publications
Dr. Tommaso Grandi has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed studies in implant dentistry. His scientific publications include:
2026
- Accuracy of Template-Guided Zygomatic Implant Placement: A Retrospective Case Series Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
- Accuracy of Static-Guided Pterygoid Implant Placement Using Mucosa-Tooth-Supported Resin Templates: A Retrospective Cohort Study — Journal
of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - Immediate Full-Arch Restorations Supported by Conventional Implants Plus Unilateral or Bilateral Zygomatic Implants: A 3- to 5-Year Retrospective Radiologic and Clinical Comparison” — International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry
2025
- Psychosocial Impact of Maxilla-For-All® Treatment Using Standard and Long Implants (Pterygoid, Trans-Sinus and Zygomatic) on Patients with Severe Maxillary Atrophies: A 1-Year Prospective Study with PIDAQ-23 and OHIP-14 — Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Hybrid Full-Arch Rehabilitation Using Conventional and Zygomatic Implants: A Short-Term Retrospective Analysis — European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry
- Clinical and Radiographic Retrospective Examination of Data from Patients Who Received Endosseous Zygomatic Dental Implants to Support Maxillary Full-Arch Prostheses — Minerva Dental and Oral Science
2024
- A Three-Year Two-Center Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Single 6-mm versus 10-mm Long Implant-Supported Crowns in Posterior Jaws — Clinical Trials in Dentistry, 2024
2023
- Immediate Fixed Rehabilitation of Severe Maxillary Atrophy Using Extrasinus Zygomatic Implants: One-Year Results from a Prospective Cohort Study — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
2022
- Immediately Restored Single Post-Extractive Implants: Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Analysis with 8–10 Years Follow-Up — Journal of Biological Regulators & Homeostatic Agents
Rehabilitation of the Completely Edentulous Mandible by All-on-Four Treatment Concept: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Up to 10 Years Follow-Up — Medicina - Immediate All-on-Four Full-Arch Rehabilitation of the Maxilla: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Mean Follow-Up of 8 Years — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
- Immediate Fixed Rehabilitation of the Atrophic Maxilla with Pterygoid Implants: 3-Year Post-Loading Outcomes of a Prospective Cohort Study — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
- Outcomes of Immediate versus Early Implant Loading in Partially Edentulous Patients: 12-Year Report from a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
2021
- Extrasinus Zygomatic Implants for the Immediate Rehabilitation of the Atrophic Maxilla: 1-Year Postloading Results from a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study — Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Stability Changes of Implants Placed with High Insertion Torque: A Prospective Clinical Trial — Oral & Implantology
- Narrow-Diameter Implants Supporting Fixed Prostheses in the Posterior Mandible: 5-Year Report on a Prospective Single-Cohort Study — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
- Dental Implants with Conical versus Internal Hex Connections: A 5-Year Report from a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial — Clinical Trials in Dentistry
2020
- Immediate Fixed Rehabilitation Supported by Pterygoid Implants for Participants with Severe Maxillary Atrophy: 1-Year Postloading Results from a Prospective Cohort Study — The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry
2019
- Immediate Fixed Rehabilitation of Severe Maxillary Atrophies Using Trans-Sinus Tilted Implants with or without Sinus Bone Grafting: One-Year Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
2017
- Narrow Implants (2.75 and 3.25 mm Diameter) Supporting Fixed Splinted Prostheses in Posterior Regions of the Mandible: One-Year Results from a Prospective Cohort Study — International Journal of Implant Dentistry
- A Comparison of Two Implants with Conical versus Internal Hex Connections: 1-Year Post-Loading Results from a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial — European Journal of Oral Implantology
2015
- Immediate, Early (3 Weeks) and Conventional Loading (4 Months) of Single Implants: Preliminary Data at 1 Year after Loading from a Pragmatic Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial — European Journal of Oral Implantology
Implant Site Preparation Using a Single Bur versus Multiple Drilling Steps: 4-Month Post-Loading Results of a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial — European Journal of Oral Implantology
2014
- One Abutment–One Time versus a Provisional Abutment in Immediately Loaded Post-Extractive Single Implants: A 1-Year Follow-Up of a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial — European Journal of Oral Implantology
2013
- A 3-Year Report from a Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial: Immediately versus Early Loaded Implants in Partially Edentulous Patients — European Journal of Oral Implantology
Immediate Provisionalisation of Single Post-Extractive Implants versus Implants Placed in Healed Sites in the Anterior Maxilla: 1-Year Results from a - Multicentre Controlled Cohort Study — European Journal of Oral Implantology
- Clinical Outcome and Bone Healing of Implants Placed with High Insertion Torque: 12-Month Results from a Multicentre Controlled Cohort Study — International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2012
- Immediate Positioning of Definitive Abutments versus Repeated Abutment Replacements in Immediately Loaded Implants: Effects on Bone Healing at the 1-Year Follow-Up of a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial — European Journal of Oral Implantology
- Immediate Loading of Single Post-Extractive Implants in the Anterior Maxilla: 12-Month Results from a Multicentre Clinical Study — Journal of Oral Implantology
- Immediate Loading of Two Unsplinted Implants Retaining the Existing Complete Mandibular Denture in Elderly Edentulous Patients: 1-Year Results from a Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study — European Journal of Oral Implantology
- Immediate Loading of Four (All-on-4) Post-Extractive Implants Supporting Mandibular Cross-Arch Fixed Prostheses: 18-Month Follow-Up from a Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study — European Journal of Oral Implantology
Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic
Founded in Modena in 2013, Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic is structured as a center for advanced implantology, multidisciplinary treatment and professional education. As ZAGA Center Modena, the clinic becomes part of the ZAGA network while maintaining its established focus on complex implant rehabilitation. The center includes 18 treatment rooms, two ISO 7 operating theatres, three-dimensional CT imaging and an in-house dental laboratory, allowing surgical, prosthetic and laboratory stages to be coordinated within a single clinical system.
The clinic reports a team of 65 professionals, more than 7,000 dental implants placed each year and approximately 90 full-arch rehabilitation cases performed each month. Its clinical scope includes advanced implantology, full-arch rehabilitation, immediate loading, zygomatic, pterygoid and transnasal implant techniques, bone regeneration, oral and maxillofacial surgery, conscious sedation, prosthetic dentistry, periodontology and general dental care.
Clinical scale and infrastructure
7,000+ implants per year
Clinic-reported annual implant volume across its surgical and restorative activity.
~90 full arches per month
Clinic-reported monthly volume of full-arch rehabilitation cases.
Two ISO 7 operating theatres
Dedicated surgical facilities designed for complex implant and oral surgical procedures.
In-house dental laboratory
Integrated prosthetic workflow supporting coordination between surgery, restorative planning and final rehabilitation.
ZAGA Center Modena
Dr. Grandi’s profile combines high clinical volume, scientific investigation and advanced surgical education. His work is especially relevant to clinicians managing immediate loading, full-arch rehabilitation and patients in whom severe maxillary bone loss requires alternatives to conventional implant placement. As ZAGA Center Modena, the clinic adds this clinical, scientific and educational experience to the wider ZAGA network.
Through his clinical practice, research and international teaching activity, Dr. Tommaso Grandi contributes to the development of advanced implant rehabilitation with a focus on predictable treatment planning, immediate loading and complex maxillary reconstruction. At Tommaso Grandi Dental Clinic, ZAGA Center Modena, these principles are supported by dedicated surgical facilities, digital diagnostics and an integrated prosthetic workflow.
