Assistant Professor Dr. Zoran Shushak

MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF MAXILLARY SINUS AUGMENTATIONS

Maxillary sinus floor elevation procedures are becoming more popular prior to placement of dental implants in maxillae that have suffered severe bone loss due to sinus pneumatization, alveolar bone atrophy, or trauma. It has been proven that the lateral approach of maxillary sinus augmentation is a safe and long-term procedure in partially or totally edentulous maxilla. The most common sinus lift complications are: perforation of sinus membrane in 19.5% of cases, postoperative graft infection in 2.9%, graft loss leading to impossibility of implant placement in 1.9% of cases, and loss of the implants placed on the augmented sites at a rate of 3.5% per year.
In this lecture, through the presentation of clinical cases, the most common complications of sinus lift procedures will be shown, as well as their management.

EDUCATION

2014-2020 University “St. Kiril and Metodij” – Skopje
Faculty of Dentistry
PhD in Maxillofacial Surgery

2010-2013 University “St. Kiril and Metodij” – Skopje
Faculty of Dentistry
Residency program in Oral surgery

2001-2007 Medical university – Plovdiv
Faculty of Dentistry
Master of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine

POST GRADUATE COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

Scientific project "The need for operative treatment of trigeminal neuralgia"- Section for maxillofacial surgery, Dental faculty –Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2006

Implant system courses:
Mega-gen implants and Straumann implants, Skopje, Macedonia, 2013
Alpha Bio, Skopje, Macedonia 2014
Neodent by Straumann Group, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015
Advanced course- Straumann BLT Implant, Cologne, Germany, 2017

EAO, Madrid, Spain, 2017

Europerio 9 - Advanced Training in periosurgery, Amsterdam, Netherland, 2018

Master surgery course- Cadaver Course -Straumann (Sinus lift , Lateralisation on nerv), Porto, Portugal, 2018

EFP Perio Master Clinic Program, Hong Kong, R.China, 2019

CE Program, School of Dental Medicine, Bern, Switzerland,2021.

Europerio 10 - Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Prosthodontic management of dental injures in professional football players- case report, Physioacta, Vol. 12 No.2, 2019

Candida albicans infections in patients with acrylic prosthesis, Vox dentarii, Vol.9 no.3, 2019

Influence of Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) Measurements for Successful Osseointegration of Dental Implants During the Healing Period and Its Impact on Implant Assessed by Osstell Mentor Device, Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol. 7 No. 23, 2019

Therapeutical procedures in patients with trigeminal neuralgia - literature review, Macedonian dental review, Vol. 43 no.2, 2020

Botox (botulinum toxin type a) – Treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, Vox dentarii, Vol.15 no.45, 2020.

Use of enamel matrix derivative (Endogain) in periodontal regenerative and plastic surgery, Vox dentarii, Vol.49, 2021.

Guided bone regeneration at the implant site and ridge preservation at the body site: a case report, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Appendices - Section of medical sciences, 2021.

Bacterial accumulation on different types of suture materials in parodontal surgery and implantology – literature review, Macedonian dental review, 2021.

Comparative analysis of microbial accumulation on different types of suture materials in periodontal surgery and implantology. Macedonian Dental Review, 2022.

Evaluation of the efficiency of botox therapy in a patient with unilateral idiopathic neuralgy on the trigeminal nerve. Macedonian Dental Review, 2023.

REALISED LECTURES

Lecturer on call - Immediate implantation - Case report, 17.10.2020 - Online symposium with international participation: Digitization and prevention of complications in modern implantology, Skopje, Macedonia.

Lecturer on call – The future of implantology and guided tissue regeneration, 23.10.2021 – Clinical (surgical and prosthetic) aspects for and against immediate implantation and immediate loading, Skopje, Macedonia.

Lecturer on call – Botox treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, 19.06.2021 – Online symposium with international participation: Modern protocols in everyday dental practice, Skopje, Macedonia.

Lecturer on call – Use of Biomaterials in Periodontology & Implant Dentistry, 10.12.2022 – Team Play Symposium, Banja Luka, RS, BiH.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

President of the Macedonian Implantology Association at DDDMM, 2018 - present

Delegate at the Assembly of the Dental Chamber of Macedonia, 2018 - present

Authorized lecturer for oral surgery and implant prosthetics for the Straumann implantological system and Opinion leader for North Macedonia, 2018 - today