Education / Qualifications

• 1996: Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS),Dental School, NKUA, Greece (Very Good)
• Master of Science in Oral Pathology, Dental School, NKUA ,Greece (Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology)(Very Good)
• Certificate in the clinical specialty of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology and School of Dentistry, NKUA,Greece
• Doctoral Degree (PhD), Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, NKUA, Greece (Excellent)
• Doctoral Degree (PhD), Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, School of Dentistry, NKUA, Greece (Excellent).
• Master of Science in Forensic Odontology, University of Glamorgan, (South Wales), Wales,UK (Distinction)

Academic and professional positions held

• 2014-2018: Lecturer, Department of Oral Diagnosis & Radiology
• 2018-today: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Diagnosis & Radiology
• Founding member of the Εuropean Academy of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology (EADMFR).
• 2014-present: National Representive in the Central Board of the Εuropean Academy of Dento MaxilloFacial Radiology (EADMFR).
• 2014-present: Member of the Educational Committee of the Εuropean
• Academy of Dento MaxilloFacial Radiology (EADMFR).
• 2014-present: Member of the scientific committee of the Dental association of Attica.
• 2015-present: elected member of the general assembly of the Dental School, NKUA
• 2016-present: coordinator assistant for the educational program “ Dental assistant” organized by the School of Dentistry in collaboration with the continuing education centre of NKUA (academic coordinator Prof I.Tzoutzas)

Research Grants and Contracts

• 2003- 2005: Member of the Greek scientific team, participated in the triennial European research project “The diagnostic validity of dental radiographic techniques for identifying osteoporotic patient (ΟSTEODENT project), funded by grants from the EC 5th Framework. Project participants were the universities of Manchester UK, Leuven Belgium, Malmö Sweden and Amsterdam the Netherlands
• 2008-2011: Member of the Greek scientific team participated in the 7th Euratom Framework project SEDENTEXCT (Safety and Efficacy of a New and Emerging Dental X-ray Imaging Modality) from 2008-2011. As a result of this research program “Radiation Protection: Cone Beam CT for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology. Evidence based guidelines” wasformally published in the European Commission’s “Radiation Protection”series(May 2012 No 172). Project participants were the universities Manchester UK , Leuven Belgium , Malmö Sweden, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Vilnius Lithuania and the company Leeds Test Objects Ltd., Boroughbridge, UK.

Research Theses – Books

• Premolar development in Greek children with Cleft Lip ± Palate” Thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master's degree in Oral Pathology Dental School,NKUA, Athens 1998.
• Dental age estimation based on third molars in children with isolated Cleft Lip ± Palate Thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Master's degree in Forensic Odontology University of Glamorgan (South Wales), Wales, UK,2013.
•  “Age assessment based on forensic dentistry examination, in a Greek sample population” Dissertation Medical School NKUA, Athens 2008 “Comparison study of four methods of dental age estimation” Dissertation, Dental School NKUA Athens 2010
• Author of the chapter under the title “Dental age estimation” in the Prof. Karayianni’s Textbook. “Forensic Odontology”. Litsas Ed. Athens 2006 pp:65-179
• Co-author with Professor Karayianni of the chapter under the title “Dental age estimation” in the Prof Karayianni’s and Tsiklakis’s Textbook “Forensic Odontology, Fundamentals and Applications”. Publisher BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD 2012, pp: 225-258
• Co-author with Professor Karayianni of the chapter under the title “Gender and race determination” in the Prof Karayianni’s and Tsiklakis’s Textbook “Forensic Odontology, Fundamentals and Applications”. Publisher BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD 2012, pp: 259-269

Memberships

• European Academy of Dento-maxillo-facial Radiology (EADMFR).
• International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology (IADMFR)
• Hellenic Society of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology. Founding member
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Palikaraki G., Vardas E.and Mitsea A. Two Rare Cases of Non-Syndromic Paramolars with Family Occurrence and a Review of Literature. Dent. J. 2019, 7, 38; doi:10.3390/dj7020038
• De Grauwe A, Mangione F, Mitsea A, Kalyvas D, Yfanti Z, Ahbab G, et al. Update on a rare mandibular osteolytic lesion in childhood: the buccal bifurcation cyst. BJR Case Rep 2018; 4: 20170109.
• Mitsea AG, Spyropoulos MN. Premolar development in Greek children with Cleft Lip ± Palate. Quintessence International 2001;32(8) 639- 646.
• Mitsea AG, Karydis AG, Donta-Bakoyianni C, Spyropoulos ND. Oral health in Greek children and teenagers, with disabilities. J. Clin. Pediatr. Dent. 2001; 26(1): 111-118.
• Donta-Bakoyianni C, Mitsea AG, Deodoropoulou-Papadimitriou K. Stevens- Jhonson Syndrom: Case presentation.: J.Clin.Pediatr.Dent 2002 ;27(1):71-76.
• Nicopoulou-Karayianni K, Mitsea AG, Horner K. Dental diagnostic radiology in the forensic sciences: two case presentations. J. Forensic Odontostomatol 2007;25:12-16.
• Devlin H, Karayianni K, Mitsea A, Jacobos R, Lindh C, van der Stelt P, Marjanovic E, Adams J, Pavitt S, Horner K. Diagnosing osteoporosis by using dental panoramic radiographs: the OSTEODENT project. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007;104(6): 821-828.
• Karayianni K, Horner K, Mitsea Α, Mastoris M, Berkas ,L Jacobs R, Lindh C, van der Stelt PF, Harrison E, Adams JE, Pavitt S, Devlin H Accuracy in osteoporosis diagnosis of a combination of mandibular
• cortical width measurement on dental panoramic radiographs and a clinical risk index (OSIRIS): the OSTEODENT project. Bone 2007; 40:223-229.
• Horner K, Karayianni K, Mitsea Α, Berkas L, Mastoris M, Jacobs R, Lindh C, van der Stelt PF, Marjanovic E, Adams JE, Pavitt S, Devlin H. The Mandibular cortex on radiographs as a tool for  osteoporosis risk assessment: The OSTEODENT project.Journal of Clinical Densitometry 2007;10:138-146.
• Vougiouklakis G, Tzoutzas J, Farmakis E-T, Farmakis E-E, Antoniadou M, Mitsea A. Dental data of the Athens 2004 Olypmic and Paralympic Games.Int J Sports Med 2008;29:1-7
• Nicopoulou-Karayianni K, Tzoutzoukos P, Mitsea A, Karayiannis A, Tsiklakis K, Jacobs R, et al. Tooth loss and osteoporosis: the osteodent study. Journal of clinical periodontology. 2009;36(3): 190-7.
• Nackaerts O, Horner K, Jacobs R, Karayianni K, Mitsea A, Berkas L, et al. Is self-reported alcohol consumption associated with osteoporotic mandibular bone loss in women? European Journal of Oral Sciences. 2009; 117 (1):7-12.
• Pepelassi E, Nicopoulou-Karayianni K, Archontopoulou AD, Mitsea A, Kavadella A, Tsiklakis K, VrotsosI , Devlin H, Horner H. The relationship between osteoporosis and periodontitis in women aged 45–70 years Oral Diseases 2012;18:353–359.
• Mitsea A.G, Moraitis K, Leon G, Nicopoulou-Karayianni K, Spiliopoulou C.Sex determination by tooth size in a sample of Greek population HOMO 2014; 65( 4) : 322–329
• Moraitis K, Eliopoulos C, Zorba E, Mitsea AG, Falsetti C and Spiliopoulou C. A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Forensic Identification of a Late Discovery Victim of a Motorcycle Accident Austin J Forensic Sci Criminol. 2014;1(2): 4.
• Mitsea A, Vardas E, Papachatzopoulou A, Kalfountzos G, Leventis M, Tsiklakis K. The frequency of non-syndromic distomolar teeth in a  Greek population sample? J Clin Exp Dent. 2015;7(5):e589-94.

Areas of scientific interest

• Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, CBCT
• Osteoporosis
• Forensic Odontology (mass disasters, identification, dental age estimation,bite marks)

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