Course Overview
Dear Colleague:
It is with great pleasure that I announce the 20th Year Anniversary of the Pikos Implant Institute. In my 27 years as an implant surgeon and educator, I have never been more passionate and enthusiastic regarding the future of implant dentistry. The explosion of practical digital based technology alone has brought an unprecedented level of precision and predictability to our profession. Our Continuum of Contemporary Implant Rehabilitation provides predictable, science based implant surgical reconstruction protocols to address the ongoing challenges that we all face in our daily practice.
Although as an oral maxillofacial surgeon I have been involved in implant dentistry since my first year of practice in 1983, since 1995 I chose to limit my clinical work Exclusively to implant based surgical reconstruction. As a result, I have accumulated a large database of cases with long term follow-up involving a broad range of both soft and hard tissue reconstruction protocols – all predicated on sound, evidence based surgical and prosthetic principles. I’ve always said that the half life of our non core material is less than 3 years. This is why we stress the importance of ongoing continuing education as a dynamic entity at the Pikos Implant Institute.
Live Surgery, extensive video presentations, and interactive discussion continue to serve as the backbone of each course. Our Limited Attendance programs are designed to allow you to immediately and effectively incorporate the clinically proven, science based, practical aspects of implant reconstruction into your private practice of implantology. In addition, state of the art interactive CBCT technology, along with Hands-On Lab Training, is integrated throughout each continuum component.
I invite you to make a truly outstanding investment in your future and join us for a unique, educational experience that will take your implant practice to the highest level. Allow me to share 27 years of predictable, evidence based, surgical reconstruction protocols with you in a warm, friendly and interactive atmosphere.
Enthusiastically yours,
Dr. Michael A. Pikos
Programs / Courses
Tuition: $3995 per course
Tuition includes technical training manual, professional information packets, research articles, special product discounts and certificate of completion. Also included is a continental breakfast each day, lunch on Thursday and Friday, and dinner for you and a guest on Thursday and Friday evening.
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CT Diagnosis and Treatment Planning with Interactive CT Software
May 03, 2012 - May 05, 2012
This course is designed for implant clinicians of all experience levels to integrate high technology protocols for implant diagnosis and treatment planning in their practice. It will provide all information necessary to make practical choices to implement interactive CT technology. Utilizing the latest in cone beam CT technology, the course will provide intensive hands-on software training, including anatomical interpretation and sequential diagnostic protocols for implant reconstruction. The course will include comprehensive case presentations and detailed treatment planning sequences for predictable restorative driven implant dentistry.
Contemporary Soft Tissue Grafting for Implant Reconstruction
November 05, 2012 - November 07, 2012
This course is designed for clinicians with foundational implant experience who desire to improve their knowledge and surgical skill sets in soft tissue grafting for implant dentistry. The focus will be the application of the Pikos Institute Philosophy to optimize soft tissue architecture for implant site development, surgical implant placement and periimplant maintenance. The entire spectrum of basic and advanced surgical techniques will be presented, including soft tissue reconstruction and related periodontal plastic surgical procedures. A dedicated section of this course will address esthetic zone reconstruction. Application of interactive CT to site development, hands-on soft tissue model surgery and LIVE Surgical demonstration of soft tissue procedures for implant dentistry will be featured.
Advanced Bone Grafting I
June 21, 2012 - June 23, 2012
This advanced bone grafting course is designed for the clinician with prior implant experience who desires to implement millennium technology and state of the art bone grafting protocols for their implant practice. The focus will be the application of the Pikos Institute Philosophy to optimize hard tissue architecture for predictable surgical implant placement and restoration. High technology interactive CT diagnosis will be utilized to improve patient selection, graft site evaluation, harvest site assessment and minimize complications. Contemporary surgical bone grafting protocols, including ridge expansion, extraction socket alveolar grafting, sinus grafting, and autogenous block grafting, will be presented with LIVE Surgical demonstration and hands-on model surgery. A dedicated section of the course will address bone grafting complications.
Advanced Bone Grafting II
November 12, 2012 - November 14, 2012
This once yearly course is limited to experienced implant clinicians, and introduces state of the art hard and soft tissue augmentation concepts for complex case reconstruction. It will review the latest high technology surgical solutions for the challenging reconstruction patient, with the goal of promoting practical and predictable implant rehabilitation. It will integrate CT diagnostic protocols with the latest surgical concepts for computer guided implant surgery. Topics will include a review of contemporary surgical bone grafting techniques, autogenous sinus grafting, tibial bone harvest, 3D mesh particulate grafting and Digitally Guided Bone Augmentation®. LIVE Surgical demonstration and hands-on surgery with models will be featured.