Dr Sargon Lazarof

Dr. Lazarof earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree with Honors from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry in 1986. His postgraduate studies focused on the study of disease of the temporal inflammatory joint at the TMJ Research Foundation. Dr. Lazarof is notably recognized as the inventor and developer of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) first cleared immediate load implant, a groundbreaking innovation in dental implantology. In 1991, he introduced the term “immediate load” in a paper, describing it as achieving full function at the time of placement. Dr. Lazarof further contributed to the field with his book “The Immediate Load Implant System, Esthetic Dentistry for the 21st Century,” published in 1998 by Quintessence Publishing Co., Ltd. Over the years, he has continued to advance the dental industry with inventions such as NumBee, a needle-less dental anesthesia system, and Diamoneers™, the next generation of veneers. Sargon Lazarof, DDS, is the visionary inventor of Ultratooth, a groundbreaking dental implant.