Pikos Symposium 2025

Dr. Michael A. Pikos - Dr. 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).

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 6500 from all 50 states and 67 countries. Dr. Pikos maintains a private practice which is limited exclusively to implant surgery in Trinity, Florida.

Dr. Vishtasb Broumand, DMD, MD is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Dentistry and the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery along with a second year of General Surgery and a one year fellowship in Head and Neck Tumor and Reconstructive Surgery.

He now permanently resides in Scottsdale and has a full-time private practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Desert Ridge Oral Surgery Institute. He serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery at the University of Arizona, Banner University Medical Center and is the official team oral surgeon for the AZ Diamondbacks.

He regularly participates in medical rescue missions and relief efforts. While in private practice he was also involved in extensive repair of facial congenital and acquired deformities of adults and children through several non-profit foundations.

Dr. Safa Tahmasebi received a Bachelor of Science in Biology degree from St. John’s University at Queens New York in 2005. He attained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 2009. After finishing his general practice residency fellowship at the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY in 2010, he went on to complete his advanced education program with a master of science in Prosthodontics at the West Virginia University School o...

Currently Dr Tahmasebi limits his Jacksonville, Florida practice to surgical and prosthetic treatment for immediate fixed full mouth implant supported reconstruction cases.

Dr. Dan Holtzclaw is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Periodontology and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Long recognized as one of the world’s leaders in full-arch implantology, Dr. Holtzclaw has published over 60 articles in peer reviewed journals in addition to multiple textbooks. Dr. Holtzclaw served as the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry for 13 years in addition to serving as an editorial board member and/or editorial reviewer for six additional dental journals.

With over 200 main podium lectures provided at major dental conferences all over the world, Dr. Holtzclaw has been named a “Leader in Continuing Dental Education” by Dentistry Today Magazine for the past 18 consecutive years. A recipient of the prestigious “Excellence in Research Award” from the International College of Dentists, Dr. Holtzclaw has pioneered a number of innovative surgical procedures such as the Pterygoid Fixated Arch Stabilization Technique (PFAST) and the Piezoelectric Hinge Assisted Ridge Split (PHARS) protocol.

Currently, Dr. Holtzclaw serves as the Director of Fixed Arch Solutions for the Affordable Care Network of dental clinics and Chief Clinical Officer of Advanced Dental Implant Centers. Dr. Holtzclaw is a proud 13-year veteran of the United States Navy.

Dr. Fibishenko graduated from University of Melbourne in 1995 with accolades in Oral Surgery and Prosthodontics.

Having performed more than 15,000 implant surgeries, Dr Fibishenko’s practice is uniquely exclusive to Oral Implantology and DentoFacial Surgery. Dr. Fibishenko is founder of All On 4 Plus® Centres with 14 facilities throughout Australia, and regularly runs International Clinical Residencies for dentists and specialists at his purpose-built training centre in Melbourne.

Through referrals for highly complex cases Dr Fibishenko performs more ZAGA Zygomatic Implant procedures than anyone else in the world, and achieves similar results and similar success as he does with cases of a lesser complexity.

Dr. Vanderlim Branco Camargo, DDS

Specialist in dental implants

Speaker TRANSNASAL ZYGOMA Residency Brazil

Creator of the Transnasal Implant Technique

CIIPO private clinic - Florianopolis, Brazil

Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos is a co-founder of the Sameday Dental Implants Clinic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Costa Nicolopoulos qualified as a dentist in 1984 receiving his dental degree “cum laude” from Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. He received numerous awards including the Gold Medal of the Dental Association of South Africa for the most outstanding graduate. In 1990, he completed his 4-year full-time postgraduate Maxillo-Facial & Oral Surgery training at Wits University and was awarded FFD (SA) MFOS from the College of Medicine of South Africa.

Since 1991, Dr. Nicolopoulos is a full-time specialist Oral and MaxilloFacial Surgery private practice concentrating on the immediate loading of dental implants. To date, he has placed over 30,000 dental implants. He has also presented as a key lecturer at numerous international implant congresses.

In 2011, with Dr. Petros Yuvanoglu, he established the SameDay Dental Implants Clinic in Dubai where he is also the co-director of the Branemark Osseointegration Center-Dubai.

Dr. Sinada is a prosthodontist & self-described tech-geek that dedicates teaching and leadership activities to advancing the field of prosthodontics via surgical and prosthetic innovation. With a very committed emphasis on pushing the envelope, particular interests include the application of digital dentistry to all aspects of prosthodontics— from surgical applications to comprehensive prosthodontic treatment and maxillofacial prosthetics.

Dr. Eduardo Nicolaievsky is a renowned Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with remarkable expertise in zygomatic implants and complex full-mouth rehabilitation. With a dedication to innovation and scientific progress in implant dentistry, he continuously strives to enhance patient care through cutting-edge techniques and collaborative scientific efforts.

Beyond Dr. Nicolaievsky’s remarkable proficiency in zygomatic implant rehabilitation, his influence extends further. As a visiting professor at the esteemed University of Miami School of Medicine, he imparts his wisdom and expertise to the next generation of dental professionals. Additionally, he serves as the Chief of the Oral and Maxillofacial division at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach, Florida, further solidifying his commitment to providing top-tier care and leadership in the field.

Dr. Pedro Rodrigues graduated in 2002 with his degree in Dental Medicine and has been dedicated to Implantology and Prosthodontics ever since. His real passion and expertise are full arch rehabilitation and immediate loading with tilted implants without grafting.

During the last 20 years he developed his own concepts in full arch immediate loading (FullArch Plus) for better efficiency and results with predictability and reproducibility, gaining huge benefits for his patients and business.

Dr. Guy McLellan BDS FDS RCS (Eng) MBBS - Dental Implant Surgeon

He is doubly qualified in dentistry and medicine and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He has over 20 years’ hospital experience including training in ENT and plastic surgery and held an Honorary Consultant post in Oral Implantology at Charing Cross Hospital.

In private practice he limits his practice to surgical implantology and augmentation procedures including complex intra-oral grafting and the use of extra maxillary implants (zygomatic and pterygoid implants).

Carlos Aparicio, MD (Summa Cum Laude), DDS, MSc, MSc, DLT, Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude)

Dr. Aparicio received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree with Summa Cum Laude from the University of Navarra in 1978. In his latest endeavor, he was awarded the Simo Virgili Prize by The Catalonian Society of Odonto-Stomatology twice. He founded the Zygoma ZAGA Centers Network in 2018 to spread the ZAGA philosophy globally. Currently, he is sharing his knowledge as a Zygomatic implants Senior Consultant at Hepler Bone Clinic in Barcelona, Spain.