Bone Expansion & Tissue Manipulation

Diplomat and past President of American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry

1. Honored Fellow and past president of American Academy of Implant Dentistry
2. First Honorary Life Member of Association of Dental Implantology UK
3. Fellow International College of Dentists
4. Past Director, Edward White Hospital Implant Residency Programme
5. Lille University Medical School, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Implantology

Associate Professor since the inaugurationof its implant department in 1985

1. Originated sinus graft operation
2. Originated implant bone expansion operation
3. Originated implant bone grafting techniques
4. Designed and introduced the first 2 stage titanium root form system in the USA
5. Over 2000 professional presentations worldwide
6. Recipient of Aaron Gershkoff Award
7. Recipient of Isaiah Lew Award
8. Awarded the Grand Master Award by the French College for International Research in Implants, the Gold Metal of Paris and the French Legion of Honour Award by President Jacques Chirac of France.

Digitally Guided Bone AugmentationT for Esthetic Zone Rehabilitation

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 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.

He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the following institutions: The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, the University of Miami, School of Medicine, and Nova Southeastern University, College of Dental Medicine. He is also a Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology, at the University of Florida, College of Dentistry.

He is a well published author who has lectured extensively on dental implants in North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Since 1990, Dr. Pikos has been teaching an Advanced Bone Grafting course with alumni that now exceeds more than 2000, and have come from all 50 states as well as 27 countries. Dr. Pikos maintains a private practice in Palm Harbor, Florida which is limited exclusively to implant surgery.

Sandwich Bone Grafting Technique

Dr. Hom-Lay Wang, Endowed Collegiate Professor of Periodontics, Professor and Director of Graduate Periodontics at the University of Michigan, School of Dentistry. He is the author or co-author of 20 book chapters/invited reviews and more than 180 scientific articles. Dr. Wang is a Director and Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology (ABP), an Immediate Past-President of the Midwest Society of Periodontology, and a President-Elect, Board Director of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) and a Fellow of American College of Dentists.

He serves as a Consultant for the ADA Commission on Dental Accreditation, an Associate Editor for The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implant as well as International Chinese Journal of Dentistry, Editorial Board member for the Journal of Periodontology, Clinical Oral Implants Research, International Journal of Periodontics & Restorative Dentistry, Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Implant Dentistry, European Journal of Dentistry, The Open Dentistry Journal and many others.

Dr. Wang is the recipient of the following awards/honors: AADS clinical research fellowship award (1992), Best Faculty Award (2003), The Charles E. English Annual Award in Clinical Science and Techniques (2004), Best papers in Journal of Oral Implantology (2005) and Implant Dentistry (2005) and Morton L. Perel Annual Award for Dental Implant Educator (2007).

Dr. Wang's research focuses on guided tissue/bone regeneration in attempts to repair and/or regenerate various periodontal and implant-related defects as well as oral plastic surgery. Because of his expertise in regeneration, he is the author of AAP position paper entitled "Periodontal Regeneration". Over the past 15 years, he has given more than 400 lectures at different professional and scientific congresses/courses and universities both in the United States and throughout the world.

Soft Tissue Solutions in Implant Therapy

Dr. Allen received his DDS from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1969. He completed a Residency in Periodontics and earned a PhD in Physiology from Baylor University Graduate School. Dr. Allen is clinical professor in the Department of Periodontics at the Baylor College of Dentistry and maintains a full-time periodontal practice in Dallas, Texas, with an emphasis on periodontal plastic surgery.

Dr. Allen received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Baylor College of Dentistry, Periodontics Residency Program in 1999 and the Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology in 2002. The American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry presented Dr. Allen the President's Award for Best Teacher in 2005.

He is Past-President of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry, the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry, and the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation. He is the Periodontal Section Editor for the Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Periodontology and the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

Dr. Allen is founder of the Center for Advanced Dental Education, an educational facility where he teaches surgical technique courses through lectures, live surgical demonstrations and hands-on workshops in Dallas, Texas, and Newport Beach, California. He has introduced new microsurgical instruments and surgical techniques for use in oral plastic surgery, has published over 50 articles in the area of aesthetic surgery and has presented numerous lectures and surgical demonstrations worldwide.