Pikos, Michael

Dr. Pikos attended the Ohio State University where he graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa and also graduated with honors from the university’s College of Dentistry. He completed an internship at Miami Valley Hospital and residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, Montefiore Hospital. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry, and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He maintains a private practice limited to implant surgery in Palm Harbor, Fla. He is an adjunct assistant professor, department of oral and 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 departments of periodontology and of prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. As founder and CEO of the Pikos Institute, he has been teaching advanced bone and soft-tissue grafting courses since 1990 with alumni that now number more than 3,000. Dr. Pikos 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 Implantology. He is the scientific advisor on implants for the Kois Center and has extensive experience in implant surgery and hard- and soft-tissue grafting procedures. He has lectured internationally on dental implants and is on the editorial board of Implant Dentistry, Case Reports in Dentistry, and the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry. He is the recipient of the 2006 Aaron Gershkoff Memorial Award from the American Academy of Implant Dentistry.