Dr. Thomas E. Bramanti has established a premier practice and prestigious academic career providing the best care available. With unmatched expertise, Dr. Bramanti brings skills that offer the most advanced and comprehensive periodontal and dental implant treatment solutions that exist today.

BOARD-CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN DENTAL IMPLANTS AND PERIODONTICS

BOARD-CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY

Dr. Bramanti is uniquely trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of disorders of the mouth, face, and jaws. His expertise encompasses: routine and advanced therapies, precision dental implants placement, unparalleled bone grafting results, and beautiful reconstructive gum replacement procedures, and extraordinary skills managing TMJ conditions. His expertise also extends to exceptional management of oral infections and oral pathology.

It is well established that there is a strong link between oral health and general (systemic) health. Dr. Bramanti deeply understands this relationship and takes whole body health into consideration for every treatment. He not only looks at what is affecting your teeth, gums, bone and joints, but he also considers systemic issues that could be contributing to your oral conditions and how precise treatments may improve your general health.

A Scholar and Pioneer in His Field
Dr. Bramanti has remained at the forefront of emerging technologies and techniques within the specialty of Periodontics, Implant Dentistry and TMD Therapy. He offers minimally invasive solutions, making them the ideal choice if you have missing teeth, gum disease, or desire periodontal plastics and soft tissue treatments. If you need dental implants or relief from TMJ disorders, choosing the expertise of Dr. Bramanti ensures you’ll receive optimal care, and the results of your treatment will be lasting as you look to the horizon of your health.

Dr. Bramanti brings an unparalleled blend of academic wisdom and clinical expertise to his patients. Dr. Bramanti was trained in the National Institutes of Health, Dentist-Scientist Award Program, which has a rich history of scientific, educational, and clinical advancements, receiving national recognition for University-Level Excellence.

This unique program develops clinical scholars for careers in clinical practice, teaching and research through excellence in education, patient care and scholarship, emphasizing the art and science of periodontology, implantology and regenerative medicine.

University-Level Excellence
As a Dentist-Scientist, Dr. Bramanti serves as a professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) providing contributions of public service, leadership, masterful clinical execution, outstanding research, scholarship, and creative endeavors, which are all essential to the life of the University. Presently, Dr. Bramanti provides clinical and academic instruction in the UCSF-Fresno Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Program. Dr. Bramanti is committed to sharing his vast academic knowledge and clinical experience with future generations of dental specialists as a Clinical Assistant Professor and CRMC Attending Hospital Surgeon.
University-Level Excellence is at the heart of Dr. Bramanti’s approach to clinical practice providing you with the most advanced and effective treatment innovations at the forefront of his profession. You are invited to share your treatment needs and concerns with Dr. Bramanti and receive the clinical and academic wisdom that comes from the frontiers of University-Level Excellence.

Biographical Synopsis

Early Career

Thomas E. Bramanti received his dental degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry in 1985. He then trained in the Dentist-Scientist Program from 1986-1991 at the same university where he received a specialty certificate in periodontics and a Ph.D. in Microbiology. Dr. Bramanti was an Assistant Professor of Periodontology in the Department of Stomatology at the University of California San Francisco from 1991-1994 where he was a lecturer, an attending surgeon for regenerative and implant therapy, researcher, student advisor and private practitioner. Dr. Bramanti left academia in 1994 to enter the private sector and now maintains a periodontal and dental implant practice in Fresno.

TMJ Expert Training

Dr. Bramanti attended the L.D. Pankey Institute for advanced training in comprehensive reconstruction, occlusion and TMD therapy from 1999 to 2004. Certification at the highest level was achieved attaining a TMJ Expert Specialist recognition.

Fresno Community Scholar and Educator

In 2010, he was appointed as an Attending Surgeon, Lecturer and Director of the Implant Program and the TMD Clinic in the UCSF-Fresno Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program. In 2012, Dr. Bramanti was appointed as an Attending Surgeon and Lecturer in the UCSF-Fresno Community Medical Center Dental General Practice Residency. In 2019, Dr. Bramanti was appointed as a Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California San Francisco and also Clinical Assistant Professor UCSF-Fresno Medical Education Program.

Fresno Community Outreach

Being an active participant in the Fresno community, Dr. Bramanti lectures and participates in programs at Fresno City College in the Dental Hygiene Program, local public schools, helps underprivileged students seek biomedical careers, and provides mission-based dental care to migrant workers. A love for student learning has always been central to Dr. Bramanti’s passion, having advised and mentored over 60 dental students and residents.

A Specialist Expert, Leader and Teacher

Dr. Bramanti has almost 40 years of experience in regeneration and implant dentistry having placed over 10,000 regenerative membranes and over 18,000 implants in his clinical career. He has trained and advised numerous dental specialists in implantology and regenerative techniques. He has also mentored many general dentists in periodontics, occlusion and comprehensive reconstruction.

Inventor And Biomedical Industry Expert

Interfacing with the Biomedical industry, Dr. Bramanti has engaged in translational research contributing to the development of new products and marketing approaches to bring regeneration and implant dentistry to the forefront of dental practice. These research efforts have also resulted in two U.S. Patents and have had a major impact in implant dentistry. Dr. Bramanti has an established record of executive experience and management spanning his career.

Expert Witness For Medico-legal Affairs

Dr. Bramanti has served as an expert consultant for over 20 years in legal matters related to dentistry and medicine.

A Lifelong Scholar

Dr. Bramanti has lectured locally, nationally and internationally on all aspects of periodontics including periodontal microsurgery and plastics, oral medicine, guided tissue regeneration, guided bone regeneration, advanced bone grafting, implant dentistry, peri-implantitis, comprehensive oral reconstruction, and principles of occlusion and TMJ therapy. Dr. Bramanti has numerous publications in both clinical and basic research journals as well as local periodicals.