03 — Teaching & speaking
Navigation is a skill, not a purchase.
Most practices that buy a navigation system never get past the single-unit case. Dr Nicolaievsky teaches the part that does not come in the box: how to read the diagnosis, build the plan from the restoration, and hold the trajectory when the anatomy disagrees.
Where he teaches
Two programs he directs, and the podiums he is invited to
Navigation Training Center
Director. Hands-on training in dynamic navigation for implant placement — planning, tracker setup, drilling under navigation, and verification.
South Florida Dental Study Club
Director. Case-based sessions for surgical and restorative clinicians working together on complex rehabilitations.
Congresses & institutes
Lectures across Mexico, Central and South America, Europe and the United States, including the Pikos Institute and the Edentulism conference in Barcelona.
Lecture topics
What he is asked to present
- Dynamic navigation as a treatment philosophy — not a device demonstration
- Static guides vs dynamic navigation: choosing per case, not per practice
- From the restorative file to the virtual guide
- Navigated zygomatic and pterygoid implant placement
- Full-arch immediate loading and dynamic photogrammetry
- Managing failed implants and failed grafts
- Implementing navigation in an existing surgical practice
- Anesthesia and airway considerations for the office-based implant patient
Formats
How it is delivered
45–90 minutes
Congress or society lecture, in English or Spanish.
One to two days
Small-group course with planning software and models, at the Navigation Training Center or on site.
Observation
Navigated cases observed in Miami, with planning discussion before and after.
Mentoring
Support for a team bringing navigation into its own operatory.
Industry & academic collaboration
Working with the people who build the tools
Dr Nicolaievsky’s clinical work sits close to the companies and institutions developing implant navigation, zygomatic protocols and digital workflows — as an early adopter, a trainer, and a critic when a claim outruns the evidence.
- X-Nav Technologies — X-Guide dynamic 3D navigation
- ZAGA Centers — certified center & network
- Quintessence Publishing — author
- Pikos Institute — speaker
- Academy of Osseointegration
- University of Miami School of Medicine
Speaking inquiries
Congress, study club, or a course in your own operatory
Send the dates, the audience and the format. Dr Nicolaievsky lectures in English and Spanish and travels from Miami.
Get in touch
Referral, second opinion, lecture, or a question about the book
Messages reach Dr Nicolaievsky’s office directly. Complex and previously failed cases are welcome.