Dr. Michael A. Pikos

Dr. Michael A. Pikos is originally from Campbell, Ohio. He attended The Ohio State University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He also graduated with honors from The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. Dr. Pikos completed an internship at Miami Valley Hospital and residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, Montefiore Hospital.

He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. Dr. Pikos is the recipient of the 2006 Aaron Gershkoff Memorial Award from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and the 2015 Saul Schluger Memorial Award for Top Educator. He is also the first recipient of the Carl E. Misch Advanced Dental Implant Studies Education Award (2017).

He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine. He is also a Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontology and the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, School of Dentistry, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Pikos is on the Editorial Board of the following journals: Implant Dentistry, Inside Dentistry, the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, and the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry.

As an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (OMS), Dr. Pikos was one of the first clinicians to recognize the relevance of Cone Beam CT and interactive CT technology for comprehensive diagnosis and treatment planning, along with its implementation for implant-based oral rehabilitation. As a result, Dr. Pikos has made this high technology a cornerstone of both his private practice and Institute.

Dr. Pikos has extensive experience in hard and soft tissue procedures and has placed more than 35,000 implants since 1983. He also emphasizes interactive CT technology along with foundational principles of prosthetics and biomechanics that dictate the ultimate success of comprehensive implant rehabilitation.

Dr. Pikos is the author of the book Bone Augmentation in Implant Dentistry published by Quintessence Publishing. He has lectured extensively on dental implants in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He is an active member and frequent lecturer for the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Academy of Periodontics, the Academy of Osseointegration, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Dr. Pikos is founder and CEO of the Pikos Institute. Since 1990, he has been teaching advanced bone and soft tissue grafting courses, along with full arch immediate reconstruction courses, with alumni that now number more than 6,500 from all 50 states and 67 countries. Dr. Pikos maintains a private practice limited exclusively to implant surgery in Trinity, Florida.

Main Podium Lecture

Sinus Grafting 34 Years: Clinical Myths and Realities

This clinical-based presentation draws from the presenter’s 30+ years of experience with more than 1,500 sinus grafts. It will focus on 12 commonly held myths of lateral wall and crestal sinus grafting and will provide evidence-based data as well as long-term clinical data to explain the realities of these myths. Included in this presentation will be the biology of the sinus membrane and graft materials, membrane anatomy and physiology, management of large and complete membrane perforations, and grafting in the presence of pathology for both lateral wall and crestal sinus grafts.

After this presentation, attendees will:

   
1. Differentiate clinical myths and realities of lateral wall and crestal sinus grafting.
   
2. Understand the evidence base for predictable long-term results with lateral wall and crestal sinus grafts.
   
3. Understand management of sinus graft complications including large and complete membrane perforations, along with sinus grafting in the presence of pathology.

Publications:

   
• Pikos MA. Case Report: Sinus Grafting in the Presence of a Large Mucous Retention Cyst. Journal of Clinical & Practical Oral Implantology, 2010, Vol.1:2, pg.5-14.
   
• Pikos MA. (2006). Complications of Maxillary Sinus Augmentation. In Ole Jensen’s, The Sinus Bone Graft, Second Edition. (103-114). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence Publishing Co, Inc.
   
• Pikos MA. Maxillary Sinus Membrane Repair: Report of a Technique for Large Perforations. Implant Dentistry 1999;8(1):29-34.