I dreamed of becoming a doctor when I was six years old and I never changed my mind. I can't imagine anything more challenging and fulfilling than treating people and contributing to improving their lives. I never missed the opportunity to treat someone else and always learn from this act of sharing. As fate or determination would have it, I became a Doctor and Dentist and had the enormous privilege of dedicating myself mainly to dental implant surgery.
Name: Sérgio RodrigoTavares de Sousa
Date of birth: 02/19/1977
Place of Birth: Lisbon
Professional certificates: Order of Doctors No. 55585 and Order of Dentists No. 4140
Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon
Degree in Dental Medicine with a final grade of 14, July 2002
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
Integrated Master's Degree in Medicine, July 2012
Postgraduate training:
New York University College of Dentistry – CDE
Postgraduate in Implantology and Oral Rehabilitation - teaching modules
Thesis: “Biomechanical issues on the connection between zirconium oxide abutments and external hexed dental implants”, July 2004- December 2008
Guest assistant in Gnatophysiology, Temporo-mandibular Disorders and Occlusion and Oral Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon, 2006-2010
Guest monitor of Occlusion and Oral Rehabilitation at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon, 2004-2006
Anatomy Monitor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon,2001-2002
Voluntary Anatomy Monitor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon,1997-1998
Dentist (founder) at Vitra Clinic Medicina Dentária Lagoa with exclusive dedication to oral rehabilitation and implantology, 2021-present
Member of the Continuing Training Center of the Order of Dentists, 2020-present
Dentist at Malo Clinic (Clinical Director at Malo Clinic Portimão and Malo Clinic Faro),2010-2020
Doctor (General Clinic) in the General Emergency Service, Centro Hospitalar do Barlavento Algarvio, Hospital de Portimão, 2014
Clinical deputy director at the Institute of Implantology, Lisbon, 2006-2010
Dentist at the Institute of Implantology, Lisbon (Clinical director: Professor Doutor João Caramês) dedicated exclusively to oral rehabilitation and Implantology, 2002-2010
Researcher(associate member) of CINAV- Naval Research Center of the Portuguese Navyintegrated in the Naval Health research line, 2016-present
Co-responsiblefor the project’s in-vivo studies “Boneresponse to nanostructured and micropatterned surface modified Zirconia dentalimplants” on behalf of UICOB (Oral and Biomedical Sciences Research Unit), inpartnership with the National Institute of Biomedical Engineering, 2008-2010
(Project financed by FCT)
Articles in international journals with scientific refereeing:
Sousa ST, Pragosa A, Crispim P. “Assessement of prosthetic complications in full-arch implant supported zirconia bridges: a restrospective analysis of 59 consecutive cases with a 12-29 month follow-up”. Clin Oral Implants Res 2009;20:1056-61.
Sousa ST. “Rehabilitación estética con pilares Atlantis” : Insight 2010; vol 12 Nº1;6-7
Maló P, de Sousa ST, De Araújo Nobre M, Moura Guedes C, Almeida R, Roma Torres A, Legatheaux J, Silva A. “Individual lithium disilicate crowns in a full-arch, implant-supported rehabilitation: a clinical report”: J Prosthodont. 2014 Aug; 23(6): 495-500
Articles in nationaljournals with scientific refereeing:
GradeR, Caramês J, Pragosa A, Carvalhão J, Sousa ST. “Posture andTemporo-Mandibular Dysfunction: Current Controversies”. Rev Port Stomatol CirMaxilofac
2008;49:111-117
Sousa ST. “Aestheticrehabilitation with Atlantis pillars”: Dentistry Portuguese Edition
2010; 57:35-36
Chen A, Martins J, Pragosa A, SousaST, Caramês J. “Endodontic treatment vs implant placement: Decision factors inthe anterior aesthetic sector” Rev Port Estomatol Cir Maxilofac
2011;52:107-114
Oral communicationsand courses taught by invitation as a speaker:
"Studyand planning of occlusal rehabilitation" XVII Oral Medicine Conference of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon - 2003
"Immediate function in the aesthetic zone" Portugal Implantology Congress, Lisbon -2005
"Biomechanics and oral rehabilitation" XV Congress of the Order of Dentists, Santa Maria da Feira - 2006
"Prosthodontics, Implants and Aesthetics: The revolution is on the street!" Portugal Implantology Congress, Braga - 2007
"Predictability and aesthetics in oral rehabilitation" Spanish Society of Oral Surgery Congress, Santiago de Compostela, Spain - 2008
"Oral rehabilitation in non-ideal clinical cases" XVII Congress of the Order of Dentists, Santa Maria da Feira - 2008
“Aesthetic Rehabilitation with Atlantis Pillars” XVIII Congress of the Order of Dentists,Lisbon - 2009
“Metal-Free Oral Rehabilitation” 2nd SDS (Swiss Dental Solutions) Scientific Annual Meeting, Lisbon- 2010
“Multidisciplinary Oral Rehabilitation - Round Table” XXIV Oral Medicine Conference of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon - 2010
“Astra Tech Clinicians Tour 2010 – Atlantis individualized pillars”, Lisbon-2010
“Oral rehabilitation of bruxing patients” SPEMD Nights, Portuguese Society of Stomatology and Dental Medicine, Lisbon - 2010
“Total mucus and implant-supported prosthesis” Continuing Training Center of the Order ofDentists, Hotel Faro, Faro-2014
Other oralcommunications:
"Neuromuscularocclusion: diagnosis of dysfunction and planning of occlusal rehabilitation" XII Congress of the Order of Dentists, Santa Maria da Feira - 2003
Panel communications("poster"):
“A Modified Tramonte Screw Implant in FunctionAfter 32 Years (384 months): Case Report” Sousa, S; Pragosa, A; Fonseca, L;Emtiaz, S; Caramês, J; Freitas, E
13TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Paris- 2004
"The concept of organic occlusion applied to total bi-maxillary rehabilitation"XII Congress of the Order of Dentists, Santa Maria da Feira - 2004
"Aesthetic rehabilitation with injected ceramic veneers: clinical case" XIV Congress of the Order of Dentists, Lisbon-2005
"Total rehabilitation of a brux patient: a clinical case" Co-Author XIV Congress of the Order of Dentists, Lisbon - 2005
"Mouth guards- Effective protection" Co-Author XIV Congress of the Order of Dentists,Lisbon - 2005
“Assessment of Host-related Risk Factors in Immediate Loading: A 3-Year RetrospectiveAnalysis” Caramês, J; Pragosa,A;Sousa,S; Chen ,A; Ascension, J
15TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Zurich- 2006
“Immediate Occlusal Function inImplant- supported Full-arch Rehabilitation - 4 vs. 6 Implants.” Caramês, J;Pragosa,A;Sousa,S; Chen ,A; Ascension, J
16TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Barcelona- 2007
“Assessment of Prosthetic Complications inFull-arch Implant Supported Zirconia Bridges: a retrospective analysis of 59consecutive cases with a 12 to 29 month follow-up”. Sousa, ST; Pragosa, A;Crispim, P; Moreira A; Dias, M, Caramês, J
18TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Monte Carlo, Monaco- 2009
“A Comparative Study of 456 Implants Placed InGrafted Posterior Maxilla With Up To 9-Year Follow-up” Pragosa, A; Sousa, ST;Bold, M; Marques, H; Nabais, J; Crispim, P; Caramês, J
19TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Glasgow, Scotland- 2009
“Survival rate of Tapered Vs Straight Implants- 1-year follow-up” Chen, A; Real-Dias, M; Crispim, P; Francisco, H; Pragosa,A; Sousa, ST; Caramês, J; Cervino, E; Ascenso, J
19TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanAcademy for Osseointegration, Glasgow, Scotland- 2009
“Isobaric counterdiffusion”
Sousa, S.T.
2nd Conference on Hyperbaric and UnderwaterMedicine, Escola Naval - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, 2014
Honorable mention- Scientific posters-XII Congress of the Order of Dentists, Santa Maria da Feira- 2004
Grant for Young Investigator- 15TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Academy for Osseointegration, Zurich,Switzerland- 2006
Grant for Young Investigator- 16TH Annual Scientific Meeting of the European Academy for Osseointegration, Barcelona,Spain- 2007
Honorable mention (BestScientific Presentation Award) – Portugal Implantology/Congresso SociedadEspañola de Cirurgia Oral, Santiago de Compostela, Spain- 2008