Dr. Ivan Navarro's Background | Dr. Ivan Navarro H

DR. IVAN NAVARRO H.

Oral Implantology Specialist

University of Miami

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Welcome, I present my journey in oral implantology through 17 years of experience

I started my journey in the world of dental implantology in the year of 1993, when the opportunity of entering the maxillofacial surgery service, in the Mexico hospital, presented itself, service in which I developed most part of my training in dental surgery, being able to interact with all the medical and surgical experts that a mayor national hospital has. That is how Dr. Alejandro Marín, chief of this service, guided me and helped me develop my surgical and clinical abilities. About the same time, in the dates of 1993, mi good friend, Dr. Guillermo Chacón, who at the time was a resident in the oral implantology specialty of the University of Miami, gave a course in Costa Rica, my motivation was so big that, in that moment, I began my application process for the UM Program. During the application period, I took part in several courses the University of Miami gave between 1993 and 1994, by which I was accepted in the two year program.

In July of 1994, I had accomplished one of my goals. I was a resident in the Dental Implant specialty of the University of Miami, based at the Jackson Memorial Hospital. During the two years of my graduate, I had the opportunity to me great teachers who became the base of mi training, such as Drs. Carl Misch, Michael Pikos, Thomas Albertson, Morton Perel, Thomas Ford, Greg Misch, Sasha Jovanovic, Robert Marx, Stuart Kline, Edwin McGlumphy, Charles Babbush, Eulogio-Sashi López, Scott Ganz, Jack Krauser, Eric Carlson, Mark Stevens, among many others. Of course I cannot leave out my contemporary friends, whom I studied with and lived unforgettable moments. Many of them have become great national and international speakers, Drs. Guillermo Chacón, Aldo Vicari, Leo Dorado, José Peralta, Michael Peleg, Jesús Gómez, Sanjey Reddi, Andrew Colgan, Rick Ferguson, Miguel Pastrana, Scott Fimbers, Lilibeth Ayanco, Juan Carlos Arroyo, Manish Patel, Daniel Miller and many more who all walked through the rough halls of the Jackson Memorial Hospital. That is how I got the chance to learn the surgical and prosthetic part of dental implants, to finish in August of 1996 and return to my country, Costa Rica.

Once in Costa Rica, I began my private practice in the East side of the city of San Jose, more specifically Curridabat, the place where I grew up and where I have maintained myself over the years. My office is located in the building called “Galerías del Este”, Local # 14 & 15, Curridabat, San Jose, Costa Rica (phone number: 506-2225-0519). In the same place which has watched me grow and develop my dental practice, which is limited to dental implant specialty. Just as before, when I returned in 1996, I went back to my post as dental surgeon service assistant of maxillofacial surgery in the Mexico Hospital, post that was given to me and which I have developed for over 14 years. In the same way, in January of 1997, I became part of the faculty of the Latin-American University of Science and Technology (U.L.A.C.I.T.), achieving another one of my professional goals, becoming a university teacher, in which I was in charge of the surgery and oral implantology department, position in which I managed the theory and practice part of dental surgery for a period of eight years. In 2005, I decided to only manage the Oral Implantology clinic, position I hold until today.

Since 1997 until today, I have been incredibly passionate about teaching, for that reason I became part of the editorial comity of the journal called “Dentista Empresario”, in which I was written over 30 scientific articles. I also became part of the board of directors of the Costarican Dental Congress Association (A.C.C.O.), organizing and collaborating in multiple courses, speeches and congress. But it wasn’t until the year 2000 where I was able fulfill one of my biggest achievements in my career, in conjunction with the ULACIT, the ICOI (International College of Oral Implantologists), the university of Miami and my colleagues Dr. Miguel Alfaro and Thomas Ford, we created the first 6 months training course in Oral Implantology, giving the dentist new tools to integrate the dental implants in his everyday practice in a predictable and responsible way. This course is given once a year, since the year 2000, and we have proudly completed nine courses without interruption, training over 100 dentists of all specialties in the Oral Implantology field. Creating new bonds with different universities such as the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Colombia, the UNAM, the University of Miami, University of Ohio and entities such as the ICOI, IPS, AO, Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica. During all these years as coordinator and director of the course, I have learned a lot about the colleagues that have come here to give speeches and I’ve been able to keep myself up to date with all the new knowledge and latest technologies in the world of Oral Implantology. Because of this, I have been chosen to become the leader in opinion of several implant companies represented in Costa Rica, giving me the opportunity to extend my horizons by giving speeches and conferences internationally, in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

As of my professional practice in Oral Implantology, I am very proud to say I’ve placed over 4000 implants in all the main commercial houses represented in Costa Rica, such as Zimmer, MIS, Implant Direct, Nobel-Biocare, Intralock, Imtec and 3I. In the same way, the permanent or removable rehabilitation of countless patients in which we’ve been able to make a significant change in their life.

Dr. Iván Navarro H.

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Date:: October 2010
2. Home phone:: (506) 2234-0622
Office phone:: (506) 2225-0519
Fax number:: (506) 2225-0519
Cell phone:: (506) 8875-1234
E-mail:: ivan@implantdentistrycr.com
Web page:: www.implantdentistrycr.com
Date of birth:: 24 de Abril de 1967, Santiago, Chile
3. Address:: Galerías del Este, Curridabat. Local #14-15.
San José, Costa Rica.
: PO BOX: 1649-2050
San José, Costa Rica.
4. Citizenship:: Costa Rica
5. Institutional (institution; degree; date conferred):: 1986 — B. Sc. Basic Sciences, University of Costa Rica
: 1990 — D.D.S., University of Costa Rica
: 1994-1996, Fellowship in Oral Implantology
University of Miami, School of Medicine,
Division OMFS
6. from 1991 to 1996: Over 25 congress of dental implantology, including global conferences of the mayor implant companies, such as, 3I, steri-oss, Calcitek, IMZ, Paragon, etc.
7. from 1996 to 2000: Over 15 courses taught as instructor of the University of Miami, on head and neck dissection and implant placement in cadaver specimens, in the main cities of U.S.A., such as, Orlando, Miami, Dallas, New York, Chicago, San Diego, Hawaii, etc
8. 1995, Caracas, Venezuela: Speaker at the second congress of dental implantology of Caracas.
9. 1995, Miami, Florida: Table Clinic, Hygienic Maintenance in Oral Implantology Miami Winter Meeting
10. 1996, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Speaker in the II LatinoAmerican Implant Symposium
11. 1996, Miami, Florida: Table Clinic, Autogenous Symphiseal Grafts for thin Alveolar Ridges, Miami Winter Meeting.
12. 1997, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award
Symphiseal Grafts in dental implants.
13. 1998, Orlando, Florida: Table Clinic. Comparison between the 3I self taping tappered implant and the Brannemar Mark II 3I Bone Symposium.
14. 1998, San José, Costa Rica: Speaker in the III Centroamerican and Panama Implant congress
15. 1998, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award
Prints in the first stage surgery.
16. 1999, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award Extraoral Grafts in dental implantology.
17. 2000, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award Second stage surgery, immediate loading in dental implants.
18. 2000, Miami, Florida: Speaker at the Miami Winter Meeting, Main Congress.
19. 2000, Miami, Florida: Implantology Congress of the Americas Rich platelet plasma course.
20. 2000, Guadalajara, México: Speaker in Jalisco Dental Society, Main Congress
Total of 16 hours lectures.
21. 2000, San Francisco, California: Participant in AAOMS Meeting, San Francisco, CA
22. 2001, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award
Lower edentulous rehabilitation with dental implants, Hader bar and attachments E.R.A.
23. 2001, Chicago, Illinois: Participant Synergy in Motion, Speaker
Symposium, Sulzer Dental.
24. 2001, Caracas, Venezuela: Speaker in "Primeras Jornadas de Implantología Venezolanas"
25. 2001, San José, Costa Rica: Director of The First Six Months Implant Program of Costa Rica.
26. 2002, San José, Costa Rica: Participant in the National Research Award
Use of transition implants in Dental Implantology
27. 2002, Montreal, Canadá: 5th Implant Prosthodontics Symposium IPS
Speaker at the Main Congress
28. 2003, Orlando, Florida: 6th Implant Prothodontics Symposium IPS
29. 2003, Guatemala City: Latinoamerican ICOI International Symposium
30. 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada: Global Implant Congress Sulzer Dental Company
31. 2005, Banff, Canadá: Global Implant Congress Center Pulse Company
32. 2006, San José, Costa Rica: First place in the National Research Award
Clinical case, conference
33. 2007, San José, Costa Rica: Second place in the National Research Award
Clinical case, conference
34. 2008, Boston, USA.: Congress of the Academy of Osseointegration
35. 2008, Cartagena, Colombia: Colombian Society Congress of Maxillofacial Surgery
36. 2008, Port of Spain T&T: Speaker in the first Zimmer congress of T&T and the Caribbean
37. 2008, San José, Costa Rica: First place in the National Research Award Poster Session mode.
38. 2008, Caracas, Venezuela: Speaker in the MIS Congress of the Venezuelan Bio-osseointegration Academy
39. 2008 Chicago, Illinois: IPS-ICOI Global Congress of the Prosthetic Implantology Academy
40. 2009 San Diego, California: Academy of Osseointegration, World Congress
41. 2009 Bogota Colombia: Speaker in the III Latino American Congress of Dental Implantology by Zimmer company.
42. 2009 San José, Costa Rica: First place in the National Research Award, Poster Session mode, ACCO.
43. 2009 Caracas Venezuela: Speaker in the MIS Congress of the Venezuelan Bio-osseointegration Academy
44. 2010 Orlando Florida: Academy of Osseointegration, World Congress
45. 2010 New Orleans Los Ángeles: IPS-ICOI Global Congress of the Prosthetic Implantology Academy.
46. 2010 Port of Spain T&T: Speaker in the Third Zimmer congress of T&T and the 2010 Caribbean
From 2000 to date: Director and Coordinator of the Dental Implantology Program of 6 months. Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, ULACIT
47. 1997: Article: Reparing a Trans Mandibular Implant T.M.I., clinical case, Implant Dentistry, Volume 6, Number 1, 1997.
48. 1997: Article: Combined procedures for the reconstruction of the maxilla. Dental Implantology Update. Volume 9, Number 9, September 1997.
49. 1998: Articule: Symphyseal mandibular graft to repair narrow alveolar ridges. Implant Dentistry. Volumen 7, Number 3, 1998.
50. 2001: Article: Diagnosis and prognosis of the Sjogren's sindrome, clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 4, May-June, 2001. Costa Rica.
51. 2001: Article: Transitional Implants, clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 6 Nov.-Dec. 2001 Costa Rica.
52. 2002: Article: Lower edentulous rehabilitation with dental implants, Hader bar and E.R.A attachments. Dentista Empresario. Sept-Oct. Volume 6, 2002, Costa Rica.
53. 2003: Instant Printing at the moment of second phase surgery, clinical procedures for better results. Dentista Empresario. March-April, 2003, Costa Rica
54. 2003: Surgical Management of Dentigerous cyst in the mandible region. Dentista Empresario. May-June 2003, Costa Rica
55. 2003: Navarro I, Chacon GE, ["Dental Implant Rehabilitation of the Partially Edentulous Patient, Unilateral Free-end"], Dentista Empresario (Vol. 6, No. 6, November, 2003).
56. 2003: Rehabilitation of patients with congenital absence of the upper lateral incisor through dental implants of internal connection. Paragon. Dentista Empresario. Sept-Oct. Volume 6, 2003.
57. 2004: Dental extraction, placement and immediate timing of a dental implant in the esthetic zone. Dentista Empresario. Sept.-Oct. 2004. Costa Rica
58. 2005: Immediate load in modern Implantology. Definitely an excellent alternative. Dentista Empresario. March-April, 2005, Costa Rica
59. 2005: Immediate load, definite rehabilitation within three days with five implants and a hybrid bridge, in complete lower edentulous patient. Clinical case presentation. Dentista Empresario. Nov.-Dec., 2005 Costa Rica.
60. 2006: Upper edentulous maxilla rehabilitation severely reabsorbed, part I. Dentista Empresario. Jul-Aug. Volume 9. 2006
61. 2006: Upper edentulous maxilla rehabilitation severely reabsorbed, part II. Dentista Empresario. Sept-Oct. Volumen 9. 2006.
62. 2006: Complete lower edentulous rehabilitation with two implants and a overdenture using Locator attachments. Dentista Empresario. Nov-Dec. Volume 9. 2006
63. 2007: Procedures for esthetic enhancements on maxillary dental implants. Immediate timing in the placement of dental implants while extracting the central maxillas, 1.1 and 1.2. Clinical case. Dentista Empresario, Volume 10, Jan-Feb 2007, Costa Rica.
64. 2007: Immediate placement and load of conventional implants. 56 dental implants report after two years of treatment, with 98.3% success. Dentista Empresario. Volumen 10, 2., Marzo-Abril, 2007. Costa Rica.
65. 2007: Immediate rehabilitation of a patient with the loss of a central upper left tooth, using immediate loading, a Zirconium pillar and a complete porcelain crown. Dentista Empresario. Volume 10, 3-2007. Costa Rica.
66. 2007: Immediate rehabilitation, post-extraction of the middle upper right tooth, using a Zimmer One-Piece implant of wide diameter. Dentista empresario. Volume 10, 4-2007, Costa Rica.
67. 2007: Rehabilitation of the complete lower edentulous with two implants and a overdenture using ball attachments. Clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 10, 6-2007. Costa Rica.
68. 2008: Utilization of the Piezo Maste Surgery EMS, in the membrane elevation of the maxilla and bone graph. Dentista Empresario. Volumen 11, 2-2008, Costa Rica.
69. 2008: Immediate restoration and loading with the hybrid prosthesis of the complete edentulous mandibular patient. Report of 7 cases. Dentista Empresario. Volume 11, 3- 2008, Costa Rica.
70. 2008: Immediate placement and temporalization of the implant post-extraction of the first upper right bicuspid, using the M.I.S. implant system. Dentista Empresario. Volume 11, 4- 2008.
71. 2008: Contemporary Esthetic Implantology, immediate placement and providing, report of the case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 11, 6- 2008.
72. 2009: Progressive load in Modern Dental Implantology. Concepts, Esthetics and clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volumen 12, 1-2009.
73. 2009: Rehabilitation of the edentulous maxilla with severe reabsorption, using 8 implants and hybrid prosthesis. Clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 12, 2-2009.
74. 2009: Restoration of the first molar zone using wide diameter implants. When and why, clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Dentista Empresario. Volume 12, 3-2009.
75. 2009: Rehabilitation of a complete maxilar edentulous patient, with a overdenture and four individuals locator attachments after maxilar bone necrosis. Dentista Empresario. Volume 12, 4-2009
76. 2009: Horizontal bone distraction of the crest, using the crest expansion M.I.S. A portion to treat reabsorbed ridges. Dentista Empresario. Volumen 12, 5-2009.
77. 2010: Guide Bone Regeneration and Guide Tissue regeneration to optimizad the Rehabilitation of the upper Central tooth. Clinical case. Dentista Empresario. Volume 13, 1-2010.
78. 2010: Bisfosfonates Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaws Intraoral and IV medications and the impact in dentistry. Dentista Empresario. Volumen 13, 2-2010.
79. 2010: New Technology in Diagnostics Images: Dental Scan and excellent tool to prevent complications and performs predectibles treatments (Cone Beam). Dentista Empresario. Volumen 2010.
80. West Palm Beach Sept. 1995: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Implant congress of the Palm Beaches.
81. West Palm Beach Nov. 1995: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Winter Simposium of Palm Beach.
82. Miami, FL Dec. 1995: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, University of Miami, Eleven Month program.
83. Honolulu, Hawaii Jan 1996: U.M. Instructor in disecction and implant placement in cadaver, The Tokyo Society of implantology.
84. New York March 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Paragon-Densplay World Congress.
85. Dallas, Texas April, 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3I World Congress.
86. New York May 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Implant Dentistry course given by N.Y.U.
87. San Diego, CA Aug., 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Calcitek Implant Simposium.
88. West Palm Beach Sept. 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Winter Simposium of the Palm Beach.
89. Chicago, Illinois Oct. 1996: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, Calcitek Implant program.
90. Tampa, Florida Jan, 1997: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, ICOI Winter Meeting.
91. Orlando, FL Jan, 1997: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3I World Meeting.
92. West Palm Beach May 1997: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3I Bone Simposium.
93. Miami,FL. Nov. 1997: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3i American Implant Dentistry Congress.
94. Miami FL. Jan 2000: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3i American Implant Congress.
95. Miami FL. Nov. 2000: 3I and U.M. Platelet Rich Plasma course, hands-on
96. Miami FL. Jan 2001: U.M. Instructor in dissection and implant placement in cadaver, 3i American Implant Congress.
97. 1991 — 1993: Head, Department of Dentistry, Buenos Aires Puntarenas Health Center, Costa Rica.
98. 1993 until today: Attending Surgeon, Division of OMFS, Mexico Hospital San Jose, Costa Rica
99. 1996 until today: Head of Oral Implantology Department, ULACIT, (Latinamerican University of Science and Tecnology), School of Dentistry
100. 1996 until today: Assistant Clinical Instructor of Surgery, ULACIT, School of Dentistry
101. 1991 — 1994: Private Practice in General Dentistry.
102. 1996 until today: Private Practice in Dental Implants.
103. since 1994: Member of the American School of Oral Implantology.
104. since 1994: Member of the American Academy of Osseointegration.
105. since 1994: Member of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, ICOI.
106. since 1991: Member of the Dental Surgeons College of Costa Rica.
107. 1996 until today: Editorial Committee, Journal of, Dentista Empresario, Costa Rica.
108. 1999 — 2006: Chief of the Oral Implantology Division, ULACIT, Latin-American University of Science and Technology.
109. 1998 until today: Director of the six month Implant Dentistry program ULACIT.
110. since Jan. 1997: Clinical assistant professor of the Dental Implantology, ULACIT