EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• 01/1993

Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine, Continuing Education, Boston, MA. Title: “Interocclusal Registrations in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics”. 

• 10/1994

Society for Clinical Dental Studies and Research, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Full Mouth Rehabilitation. Clinical and Laboratory Procedures.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/1995

15th Greek Dental Congress, Chalkidiki, Greece.

Title: “The Importance of Diagnostic Waxing and Provisional Restorations in the Successful Outcome of Prosthodontic Reconstruction.”

• 09/1996

20th Congress of the European Prosthodontic Association, Tübingen, Germany.

Title: “Interocclusal Registrations in Fixed Prosthodontics.”

• 10/1997

7th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Sliema, Malta.

Title: “An Esthetic and Hygienic Approach to the Use of Interlocks in Fixed Prosthodontics.” 

• 05/1998

Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Clinical and Laboratory Procedures in Complete Dentures Fabrication.”

• 10/1998

18th Greek Dental Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “The Art and Science of Complete Dentures.”

• 07/1999

8th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Stockholm, Sweden.

Title: “Cement failure Loads of 4 Provisional Luting Agents Used for the Cementation of Implant Supported Fixed Partial Dentures.”

• 05/2000

 Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Factors Contributing to Implant Failures.” (Invited Speaker)

• 05/2001

 Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Post and Core Systems Used in the Anterior Esthetic Region.” (Invited Speaker)

• 12/2001

  Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Diagnostic Waxing and Provisional Restorations.” (Invited Speaker)

• 02/2002

51st Annual Session of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Chicago, IL 

Title: “Light Transmission of Post and Cores Used in the Anterior Esthetic Region.”

• 05/2002

  Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Title: “Cemented and Screw-Retained Implant Restorations. Pros and Cons.” (Invited Speaker)

• 06/2002

108th Annual Meeting of the American Dental Society of Europe, Prague, Czech Republic.

Title: “Immediate Loading of Implants.” 

• 09/2002 

Stomatological Society of Northern Greece, Thassos, Greece.

Title: “Impression Making in Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/2002

School of Dentistry, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Title: “Is Passive Fit Feasible in Implant Prosthodontics?” (Invited Speaker)

· 11/2002

Aristotle University, School of Dentistry, Continuing Education.

Title: “Passive Fit in Implant-Retained Restorations.” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2003

38th Annual Stomatological Meeting, Alexandroupoli, Greece

Title: “Treatment Planning of Patients with a Few Remaining Strategic Abutments: Fixed, Removable or Implant Prosthodontics?” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2004

Seminar of the Dental Association of Thessalia, Larissa, Greece.

Title: “Screw- vs. Cement-Retained Implant Restorations.” (Invited Speaker)

• 05/2005

11th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Crete, Greece.

Title: “Tooth Dimensions in a Sample of Greek Polpulation and their Effect on Prosthetic Treatment Planning.”

• 05/2005

11th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Crete, Greece.

Title: “Cement failure Loads of 4 Provisional Luting Agents Used for the Cementation of Implant Supported Fixed Partial Dentures. Part 2: The effect of Thermocycling” 

• 05/2005

11th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Crete, Greece.

Title: “Cement failure Loads of 4 Provisional Luting Agents Used for the Cementation of Implant Supported Fixed Partial Dentures. Part 3: The Effect of Air Abrasion of the Abutments and the Intaglio Surface of the Copings.”

• 05/2005

11th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Crete, Greece.

 Title: “Pre- and Post-Set Hydrophillicity of Elastomeric Impression Materials.

· 09/2005

Annual Meeting of the Dental Association of Halkidiki, Sani Beach Resort, Greece.

 Title: “Diagnostic waxing and provisional restorations: Luxury or necessity?”

· 03/2006

7th Annual Meeting of the Greek Prosthodontic Association, Loutraki, Greece.

Title: “Screw- vs. Cement-Retained Implant Restorations.” (Invited Speaker)

·  05/2006

1st Meeting of the Dental Association of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece.

Title: “Screw- vs. Cement-Retained Implant Restorations.” (Invited Speaker)

· 10/2008

28th Annual meeting of the Greek Dental Association

Title: “Prosthodontics and facial support.”

· 09/2009

13th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, CapeTown, South Africa

Title: “Fracture resistance of metal ceramic restorations with two different margin designs after exposure to masticatory simulation.

· 10/2009

  33rd Annual Congress of the European Prosthodontic Association, Innsbruck, Austria

Title: “Provisional maxillary removable complete denture converted to implant retained fixed complete denture: An aid for complex prosthodontic procedures.”

· 01/2010

1st Greek Tufts Prosthodontic Alumni meeting, Athens, Greece

Title: “The complete denture as diagnostic and provisional means for the rehabilitation with implant supported fixed complete denture.” (Invited Speaker)

· 06/2010

 2nd International Tufts Prosthodontic Alumni meeting, Boston, USA

Title: “The challenge of managing soft tissue support in relation to prosthodontic rehabilitation” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2010

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Continuing Education Courses

Title: “Rehabilitation of partial edentulism with implant supported fixed partial dentures.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/2010

30th Annual Meeting of the Greek Dental Association, Athens, Greece

Title: “The role of complete dentures in contemporary clinical dentistry.” (Invited Speaker)

• 05/2011

93rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Prosthodontics, Hilton Head Ιsland, South Carolina, USA

“Restoring partial edentulism with implants supported prostheses: Parameters for success.” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2011

14th Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Big Island, Hawaii, U.S.A.

Title: “Occlusion and Postural Control. Theoretical considerations and clinical findings.”

• 10/2011

20th Annual Meeting European Association for Osseointegration, Athens, Greece

Title: “The effect of different implant/abutment connection on screw joint stability: A biomechanical study.”

• 10/2011

20th Annual Meeting European Association for Osseointegration, Athens, Greece

Title: “Marginal adaptation of four different casting waxes on stone, titanium and zirconia dies.”

• 03/2012

11th Biennial Meeting of the Cyprus Dental Association, Nicosia, Cyprus

Title: “Restoring complete edentulism with implants supported prostheses: Parameters for success.” (Invited Speaker)

• 03/2012

11th Biennial Meeting of the Cyprus Dental Association, Nicosia, Cyprus

Title: “Restoring partial edentulism with implants supported prostheses: Parameters for success.” (Invited Speaker)

• 03/2012

11th Biennial Meeting of the Cyprus Dental Association, Nicosia, Cyprus

Title: “Immediately loaded maxillary and mandibular dental implants with a fixed CAD-CAM prostheses using a flapless surgical approach.” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2012,      Dental Association of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Title: “Do’s and don’ts in rehabilitating complete and partial edentulism with implants supported prostheses.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/2012

32nd Annual Meeting of the Greek Dental Association, Alexandroupoli, Greece

Title: “Management of complex prosthodontics cases.” (Invited Speaker)

• 03/2013

ITI Study Club, Thessaloniki, Greece

Title: “Restoring complete and partial edentulism with implants supported prostheses: Parameters for consideration.” (Invited Speaker)

• 03/2013

International Association for Dental Research, Seattle, Washington

Tsaira K, Karagiannidis P, Michalakis K, Kugiumtzis D, Pissiotis A, Naka O, Logothetidis S: A nonlinear constitutive model for the behavior of oral mucosa.

• 04/2013

Hellenic Odontostomatological Society, Athens, Greece

Title: “Complete Dentures: Back to Our Roots.” (Invited Speaker)

• 04/2014

Balkan Stomatological Society, Belgrade, Serbia

Title: “Predictably addressing patients’ esthetic and functional needs: A real challenge.” (Invited Speaker)

• 05/2014

Hellenic Odontostomatological Society, Athens, Greece

Title: “Complete Dentures: Back to Our Roots.” (Invited Speaker)

• 07/2014

7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA 

Tsouknidas A, Giannopoulos D, Michalakis K, Savvakis S, Michailidis N, Lympoudi A, Pissiotis A: “The influence of bone’s elasticity on the apical migration of a natural tooth connected with a non-rigid attachment to an osseointegrated implant. A 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA)”

• 09/2014

Cretan Dental Association, Heraklion, Crete

Title: “Complete Dentures from A to Z.” (Invited Speaker)

• 05/2015

Nicosia, Cyprus

Title: “Prosthetics aspects in fixed and removable implant prosthodontics.” (Invited Speaker)

• 08/2015

IADR ANZ, Dunedin, New Zealand 

Title: “Connection of natural teeth to osseointegrated implants.” (Keynote Speaker)

• 09/2015      (Invited Speaker)

16th Biennial Meeting of the International College of Prosthodontists, Seoul, Korea

Title: “Predictably addressing patients’ esthetic needs: A real challenge.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/2015

Hellenic Odontostomatological Society, Athens, Greece

Title: “Complete Dentures from A to Z.” (Invited Speaker)

• 01/2016

HAOMS, Athens, Greece

“Dental implant prosthetic failures.”  (Invited Speaker)

• 06/2016      

2nd Perio-Pros Tufts Alumni meeting, Boston, MA

Title: “Predictably addressing patients’ esthetic needs: A real challenge.” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2016

40th European Prosthodontic Association meeting 

65th German Society for Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials, Halle, Germany

Title: “The effect of rigid and non-rigid connection between implants and teeth on biological and technical complications: A systematic review and a meta-analysis.”

• 11/2016

36th Annual Congress of the Hellenic Dental Association, Athens, Greece

Title: “Biomechanics in prosthodontics” (Invited Speaker)

• 09/2017

28th Annual conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, Athens, Greece

Title: “Development of Ag nanoparticles-coated titanium surfaces for application in Implant Dentistry”

• 10/2017

37th Annual Congress of the Hellenic Dental Association, Thessaloniki, Greece

Title: “Digital Prosthodontics: How far have we gone?” (Invited Speaker)

• 02/2018

Dental society of Drama, Drama, Greece

Title: “The challenge of designing and providing a beautiful smile”

• 05/2018

100th meeting of the Academy of Prosthodontics, Chicago, IL

Title: “Biocompatibility and antibacterial efficacy of Ti surfaces modified with Ag nanoparticles.” (Invited Speaker)

• 06/2018

150th Anniversary celebration of Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Title: “Management of complex cases.” (Invited Speaker)

• 10/2018

38th Annual meeting of the Greek Dental Association, Ioannina, Greece

Title: “Implants in the anterior esthetic zone: parameters for success.” (Invited Speaker)

• 11/2018

Annual meeting of the Israeli Dental Association, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Title: “Planning for success in restorative dentistry. Part I: The full mouth rehabilitation case.” (Keynote speaker)

• 11/2018

Annual meeting of the Israeli Dental Association, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Title: “Planning for success in restorative dentistry. Part II: The anterior esthetic zone.” (Keynote speaker)

• 03/2019

Dental Society of Drama, Drama, Greece

Title: “Screw- vs. cement-retained implant retained restorations.”

• 11/2019

 Greek Prosthodontic Society, Webinar

Title: “Predictably addressing patients’ esthetic needs: A real challenge.” (Invited Speaker)

• 11/2019

 Dental Association of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Title: "Implants in the anterior esthetic zone: Parameters for consideration."

(Invited Speaker)