Education / Qualifications

• Doctor of Dental Surgery, Dental School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece(1986)
•  Postgraduate Program in Prosthodontics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1988)
• Postgraduate Program in Pedodontics and Community Dentistry, Royal Dental College, Aarhus, Danemark (1989)
• Certificate in Prosthodontics, University of Alabama at Birmingham,USA (1992)
• Doctoral Degree, Dental School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece(1995)

Academic and professional positions held

• 1988-1990: Clinical and Research Associate, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1991-1992: Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alabama at Birmingham, ΗΠΑ.
• 1993-1997: Clinical and Research Associate, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2000-2010: Clinical and Research Associate, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2010: Elected as a Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian  University of Athens
• 2014-:Appointed as a Lecturer, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 1993 – : Private practice limited to Prosthodontics.
• 2017: Elected as a Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, National and Kapodistrian  University of Athens

Academic and professional responsibilities

• 2018- today: Member of the Preclinical  Curriculum Committee
• 2018- today : Member of the Connection with Society Dental School  Committee

Research Grants and Contracts

• “Bond strength of novel indirect composite resins to base metal alloys”.  Research grant, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Research Committee (participation as a researcher).
•  “Injection Moulding of Titanium Powders for Biomedical Applications” (BIOTIP). “CRAFT” research grand, European Community ( participation as a researcher).
• “3-D Finite Element Analysis of stress distribution at the maxillary bone-implant interface”. “Kapodistrias” research grand, Hellenic Ministry of Education (participation as a researcher).

Memberships

• Hellenic Prosthodontic Society: Board Member 2009 -..
• Hellenic Society for  Biomaterials: Board Member 2007-2008
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research
• Hellenic Osseointegration Society
• Athens Dental Association   
• Hellenic Dental Association
• Society of Contemporary Dentistry
• European Prosthodontic Association
• European Society for Biomaterials (EBS)

 Selected publications in scientific journals

• Kavadia V.,Kourtis S.,Zoidis P.,Sarafianou A.: The influence of impression coping splinting on the accuracy of the open-tray technique Gen Dent 2019; 67(3):e5-e9
• Papalexopoulos D., Sarafianou A., Samartzi T.-K., Filippatos G.: “Platform Switching: An Overall Solution or an Overestimated Technique?”. EC Dental Science 18.5 2019: 1027-1034.
• Stefos S.,Kourtis S.,Sarafianou A., Zoidis P.:The Influence of Impression Material on the Accuracy of the Master Cast in Implant Restorations Open Dentistry Journal  12: 1124-35,2018
• Polychronakis N, Sarafianou A, Zissis A, Papadopoulos T The Influence of Thermocycling on the Flexural Strength of a Polyamide Denture Base Material.Acta Stomatol Croat. 2017 ;51(4):309-315
• Pelekanos S, Sarafianou A, Tsirogiannis P, Kamposiora P, Papavasiliou G. A Case Series Treatment Outcome Report Following 5 Years of Implant Overdenture Treatment.Int J Prosthodont. 2016;29(6):598-601
• Abu-Hussein M., Sarafianou A.: “Mathematical Analysis of Dental Arch of Children in Normal Occlusion:A Literature Review” Int J Med Dent 2012; 2:33-40.
• Abdulgani A., Abu-Hussein M., Sarafianou A. Immediate Implants: Treatment Planning and Surgical Placement The Journal of Implant & Advanced Clinical Dentistry 2013; 5:43-53.
• Abu-Hussein M., Abdulghani A., Sarafianou A., Konteos N. Implants into fresh extraction sites: A literature review, immediate placement case report J Dent Implant 2013; 3:160-4.
• Sarafianou A., Papadopoulos T. Injection moulding of titanium powders for biomedical applications: surface topography and biological performance of an experimental dental implant I Materiali Biocompatibili per la Medicina, Convegno Nationale della Società Italiana Biomateriali, p.243-6, 2014.
• Sarafianou A., Kamposiora P., Papavasiliou G., Goula H.: Matching Repeatability and interdevice agreement of 2 intraoral spectrophotometers.  J Prosthet Dent. 107(3):178-185, 2012
• Papadopoulos Τr., Sarafianou A., Hatzikyriakos Α.: “Color stability of veneering resins after accelerated aging”. European Journal of Dentistry 4: 137-142, 2010.
• Kamposiora P., Papadopoulos T., Sarafianou A., Papavasiliou G., Tzanakakis E.: “A qualitative evaluation of the bond of acrylic teeth to different denture base resins”. Journal of Dental Technology, May 2009 :30-34
• Chronopoulos V., Sarafianou A., Kourtis S.: “The use of dental implants in combination with removable partial dentures. A case report”. J Esthet  Restor Dent 20: 355-365, 2008
• Sarafianou A., Iosifidou S., Papadopoulos Tr., Eliades G.: “Color stability and degree of cure of direct composite restoratives after accelerated aging”. Oper Dent  2007; 32(4): 408-413
• Seimenis I., Sarafianou A., Papadopoulou H., Papadopoulos Tr.: “Shear bond strength of three veneering resins to a Ni-Cr alloy using two bonding procedures” J Oral Rehabil 2006; 33: 600-608
• Sarafianou A., Kafandaris N.: “Effect of convergence angle on retention of resin-bonded retainers cemented with resinous cements”.J Prosthet Dent 1997, 77: 475-81.

Areas of scientific interest

• Clinical and research aspects of novel dental materials
• Implant Prosthodontics Research
• Dental Education

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