Dr. John DiPonziano

Dr. John DiPonziano has been performing the surgical placement and prosthetic restoration of dental implants since the mid-eighties.

A 1983 graduate of Temple University School of Dentistry, he also completed a three-year didactic and participatory program in Implantology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

Prior to attending dental school, Dr. DiPonziano was a full-time dental technician and earned a Certified Dental Technician status, which he still maintains today.

Dr. DiPonziano performs many of the implant laboratory procedures himself and is well versed in all aspects of the implant treatment picture – from the laboratory planning phase to surgery and prosthetic restoration.

He is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, a credentialed member of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, a Master of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists.

He served as President of the New Jersey Academy of General Dentistry in 2003 and Chaired the AGD Implantology Task Force, which formulated universal educational guidelines for implant training in 2009.

Dr. DiPonziano is Director of Live Surgery Seminars© which provides hands-on implant surgical training to practicing dentists in California.