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Vol. 5, Issue 4, April 2012
Neighborhood News & Lifestyles
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This Independent Community News, Business & Dining Guide Is Directly Mailed Once Each Month To: Anchorage, Boot Ranch, Brookers Landing, Crescent Oaks, Cypress Cove, Cypress Lakes Estates, Cypress Run, Cypress Trails, Deer Hollow, Grey Oak, Eagle Cove, Eagle’s Cove at Lake Tarpon, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Trace, Eagle Watch, East Lake Oaks, East Lake Woodlands, Hunters Wood, Keystone Bluffs, Keystone Palms, Keystone Ranchettes, Lansbrook, Lansbrook Village, Meadow Ridge, Nature’s Watch, Oak Hill Acres, Pine Ridge, Regina Estates, Ridgemoor, Tarpon Woods, Wentworth, Whispering Lakes, Woodfield
Coastal Jaw Surgery, Where Changing Your Appearance Can Change Your Life
Dr. Michael Pikos – A Leader in His Field Dr. Pikos is first and foremost a doctor who wants to make a difference in peoples’ lives, and this practice is where his dedication to his specialty and commitment to education have come together to improve the lives of many, many people. Dr. Pikos came from a very supportive family in Campbell, Ohio who was very proud of their Greek heritage. He was raised to work hard and from an early age was a perfectionist. He attended The Ohio State Univer-
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Editorial................................3 Community Calendar..........4-5 News Briefs........................6-7 National Rejuvenation Center..10-11 Saint Leo University........16-17 Universal Fine Wine & Spirit............................22-23 Maxi Eyecare...................26-27 Vacation With Joy............30-31 Artist Cathy Simms.................36
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hard and soft tisues, oral pathology, and pre-orthodontic care. With a combined experience of more than 100 years, doctors Michael A. Pikos, G. Thomas Peak, Jose F. Lazaro, David M. Owsley, and Michael S. Willis, the specialists at Coastal Jaw Surgery, can change your appearance and change your life.
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screw that is placed into the jawbone that supports the replacement tooth, and does it in such a way that almost all of the strength of the original tooth is restored. That is something we cannot accomplish with bridges or dentures.” After a short amount of time other doctors in the field began to come to Dr. Pikos to learn more about his approach and his techniques. Being very busy with his private practice Dr. Pikos placed more than 1,000 implants during the first 6 years of his practice, at a success rate of 95%, which put him at the very top of his field for doctors in the country placing dental implants at the time. As a result, doctors from all over the country asked him to share what he knew. “I liked the idea of providing ongoing education not only for See “Coastal Jaw” on page 34.
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Many years ago, the only option when someone lost a tooth (or teeth) was to create a bridge or to wear dentures, which were temporary solutions. Today’s technology allows patients to have a permanent solution that gives patients full use of their teeth thanks to dental implants that are strong, capable and beautiful. Founded in 1983 by Michael A. Pikos, DDS, a leading expert and global educator in the field, Coastal Jaw Surgery is where patients go who want the very best oral surgical care in the country. In fact, if you’d like to know where your dentist goes to have oral surgical work done, most likely you’ll find it to be Coastal Jaw Surgery as they are known to be “the doctor’s doctors” since so many dentists and physicians have been treated there. Coastal Jaw Surgery has three convenient locations nearby including Trinity, Palm Harbor and Spring Hill, which makes local residents very fortunate since in many ways Coastal Jaw Surgery is the epicenter of the profession. This is due to the God-given talents of Dr. Pikos, a humble and approachable professional who has found himself at the top of his field. “My passion,” says Dr. Pikos, “is to work hard, treat everyone with honesty and integrity, and provide our patients with the very best care and technology available in implant dentistry.” Coastal Jaw Surgery Center for Implant and Oral Reconstruction is led by doctors at the very top of the field in oral and maxillofacial surgery that includes dental implant surgery, wisdom teeth extraction, pediatric oral surgery, grafting and regeneration of
sity where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then continued his education at The Ohio State University School of Dentistry where he also graduated with honors. He also completed an internship at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio and residency training in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, Montefiore Hospital. Dr. Pikos says, “At the time, the pioneers in this emerging field were using a very crude, blade-like implant set into the jawbone. These did not function very well, and many dentists dismissed the idea of dental implants as being too unstable and costly to be a viable solution to replacing missing teeth.” In the early 1980s, while many doctors wrote off the idea of using dental implants, there were dentists around the world who were acting as pioneers and scientists – eager to find a better solution that would literally start at the root of the problem and work up from there. Doctors began to create implants that had roots made of titanium and titanium alloys. Dr. Pikos was an eager student at the top of a new field, and he embraced this new technology. After completing his Oral Maxillofacial residency in 1983, Dr. Pikos was ready to begin private practice. He then ventured to Tarpon Springs, FL where his father was born and thus Coastal Jaw Surgery became a reality. He began performing dental implant surgical procedures for patients who needed this expertise. “When a tooth is missing or removed for any reason, we are confronted with the challenge of deciding how best to replace that tooth,” says Dr. Pikos. “A dental implant is a small
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