Christos Angelopoulos

Professor

Clinic of Oral Diagnosis & Radiology

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1007
Email: cangelop[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

Mailing Address:
2 Thivon Str, 115 27 Athens, Greece

Profiles and publications

   

Education / Qualifications

• 1994, DDS in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
• 1997, Non certificate Postgraduate Program στην Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki 2001, Postgraduate Program: Diagnostic Sciences, Maxillofacial Radiology-Diagnosis, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 2002, Master of Dental Science in Oral Biology (MSc), University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 2009, PhD, School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

Academic and professional positions held

• 2021, Professor & Head, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2017-2021, Associate Professor, Department of Dentoalveolar Surgery, Implantology and Oral Radiology School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
• 2014-2017, Assistant Professor, Department of Dentoalveolar Surgery, Implantology and Oral Radiology, School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki
• 2010-2017, Adjunct Professor, Dept of Oral and Maxillo-facial Imaging, Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
• 2007-2010, Associate Professor and Director of the Dept of Oral and Maxillo-facial Imaging, Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
• 2005-2007, Director, Undergraduate Program of Radiology - Oral Radiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 2001-2007, Assistant Professor, Oral Radiology, Section of Oral Pathology and Radiology

Administrative and organizational experience

• 09/2005-03/2007 Director of the Undergraduate Program in Oral Radiology and Oral Diagnosis Radiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 03/2007-12/2010 Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
• 09/2017-2021 Coordinator of Radiology Clinic of the Department of Dentoalveolar Surgery, Implantology and Oral Radiology School of Dentistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki

University Committees

• 03/2003-10/2006, Member of the Educational Program Committee, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• Member of the Scholarship Committee, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 09/2008-12/2010 Member of the Research Committee, Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
• 03/2007-12/2010 Member of the Executive Committee (Supreme Administrative Body of the Department), Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
• Member of the Clinical Science Committee, Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine

Organizations of Conferences

• 57th Session of American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology (Kansas City, MO 2006) - Chairman of the Session
• 58th Session of American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology (Chicago, IL 2007) - Chairman of the Session
• 59th Session of American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology (Pittsburgh, PA 2008) - Chairman of the Session
• 60th Session of American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology (Louisville, KY 2009) - Chairman of the Session

Professional Recognition

• 2003, Diplomate, Council of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology – USA - American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 11-2005-10-2009, Chairman - Committee of Postgraduate Education of American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 11/2005-10/2009, Chairman - Organizing Committee of the Annual Meeting, American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 11/2005-10/2009, Consultant, Council of Academic Affairs, American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 11/2005-10/2016, Member - Executive Committee (Supreme Administrative Body), American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 10/2009-10/2013, Executive Director - American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 10/2014-10/2015, President - American Board of Oral & Maxillo-facial Radiology
• 10/2018-2021, President Elect - Hellenic Society of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
• 11/2021 – to date, President - Hellenic Society of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
• 06/2016 – to date, Chairman - Computed Maxillo-facial Imaging of the Foundation: Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Awards and Honours

• 06/1999, The Biotene Award for Excellence in Hospital Dentistry presented by the American Association of Hospital Dentists)
• 06/2004, New Faculty Teaching Scholarship, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Dentistry
• 09/2004, Robert Menchetti junior faculty teaching Award
• 03/2017, Teaching Award of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the AUTH for the acad. Year 2015-16 (highest score in the student evaluation)

Memberships

• Hellenic Society of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology (President)
• American Academy of Maxillofacial Radiology (Past President)
• American Academy of Oral Radiology (Past President)
• European Academy of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology (Member)
• International Society of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology (Member)
• CARS (Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery)-CMI (Computed Maxillo-facial Imaging), (Chairman)
• International College of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), (Fellow)

Research Theses - Books

• Kau CH, Richmond, S. Three-Dimensional Imaging for Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010. Chapter 1. The Legalities of Cone beam Imaging (Αbramovitch, K, Angelopoulos C, Sorrels, RO)
• Parisis N., Tsirlis A., Angelopoulos C. Dental Radiology. Litsas Medical Books, 2013, Book.
• Kapila, S. Cone beam Computed Tomography in Orthodontics, Willey-Blackwell, 2014. Chapter 9. How to Interpret Cone beam Computed Tomography Scans (Angelopoulos C)
• Textbook of Oral Radiology, Ghom, AG, Ghom, SA. ELSEVIER India, 2015. Chapter 32. Ultrasonography (Angelopoulos C, Punchbhai A)
• Tsiklakis K., Karayainni K. Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Litsas Medical Books, 2018. Chapter 26. Nose and Paranasal Sinuses (Angelopoulos C)
• Scarfe WC, Angelopoulos C. Maxillofacial Cone beam Computed Tomography. Principles, Techniques and Clinical Applications, Springer Int Publishing, 2018, Book
• Services to Scientific Journals
• Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Endodontics (OOOOE) -Associate Editor (10/2009-10/2016)
• Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, Endodontics (OOOOE) -Reviewer
• Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (DMFR) - Reviewer

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Cone beam tomographic imaging anatomy of the maxillofacial region. Angelopoulos C. Dental Clinics of North America. 2008 Oct; 52 (4): 731-52, vi
• Comparison between digital panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography for the identification of the mandibular canal as part of presurgical dental implant assessment. Angelopoulos C, Thomas SL, Hechler S, Parissis N, Hlavacek M. J Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, 2008 Oct; 66 (10) : 2130-5
• American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology executive opinion statement on performing and interpreting diagnostic cone beam computed tomography. Carter L, Farman AG, Geist J, Scarfe WC, Angelopoulos C, Nair MK, Hildebolt CF, Tyndall D, Shrout M; American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Oral surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology Endodontics. 2008, Oct; 106 (4): 561-2
• Expression of activated checkpoint kinase 2 and histone 2AX in exfoliative oral cells after exposure to ionizing radiation. Yoon AJ, Shen J, Wu HC, Angelopoulos C, Singer SR, Chen R, Santella RM. Radiation Research. 2009 Jun; 171 (6): 771-5
• Imaging technology in implant diagnosis. Angelopoulos C, Aghaloo T. Dent Clin North Am. 2011 Jan;55(1):141-158
• Radiographic periodontal bone loss in chronic kidney disease. Messier MD, Emde K, Stern L, Radhakrishnan J, Vernocchi L, Cheng B, Angelopoulos C, Papapanou PN. J Periodontol. 2012 May;83(5):602-11
• A comparison of maxillofacial CBCT and medical CT. Angelopoulos C, Scarfe WC, Farman AG. Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2012 Mar;20(1):1-17
• Cherubism: a case report of a three-generation inheritance and literature review. Tsodoulos S, Ilia A, Antoniades K, Angelopoulos C. J Oral Maxillofac Surg.2014 Feb;72(2):405
• Anatomy of the maxillofacial region in the three planes of section. Angelopoulos C. Dent Clin North Am. 2014 Jul;58
• American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology executive opinion statement on teleradiology.Yang J, Angelopoulos C, Mallya S, Liang H, Deahl T, Ganguly R, Ramesh A, Parashar V, Williamson G, Cederberg R. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2016 Oct;122(4):509-601
• Reading Cone Beam CT Scans: What are we Missing that we Should not be Missing? Angelopoulos C. Inside Dentistry, 2017 Feb; 13 (2)
• Classification of periodontal biotypes with the use of CBCT. A cross-sectional study. Nikiforidou M, Tsalikis L, Angelopoulos C, Menexes G, Vouros I, Konstantinides A. Clin Oral Investig. 2016 Nov;20(8):2061-2071
• Ultrasound in Dentistry: Toward a Future of Radiation-Free Imaging. Demirturk Kocasarac H, Angelopoulos C. Dent Clin North Am. 2018 Jul;62(3):481-489
• A new methodology for the measurement of the root canal curvature and its 3D modification after instrumentation. Christodoulou A, Mikrogeorgis G, Vouzara T, Papachristou K, Angelopoulos C, Nikolaidis N, Pitas I, Lyroudia K. Acta Odontol Scand. 2018 Oct;76(7):488-492
• Evaluation of Root and Root Canal Morphology of Mandibular First and Second Molars in a Greek Population: A CBCT Study. Kantilieraki E, Delantoni A, Angelopoulos C, Beltes P.Eur Endod J. 2019 Jul 18;4(2):62-68
• Mandibular canines with additional roots: An ex vivo study of the external and internal morphology. Beltes P, Kantilieraki E, Kalaitzoglou ME, Beltes C, Angelopoulos C. Aust Endod J. 2019 Aug;45(2):184-188

Participation in International Conferences - Invited Speaker

• Reading CBCT scans in Current Aspects of Cariology, of the Hellenic Society of Pediatric Dentistry, Thessaloniki, 04/10-06/10/2019, (invited speaker - lecture 3 hrs)
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-(6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 23/11/2019
• The Maxicourse in Oral Implantology: 1.Advanced Implant Imaging, 2. Anatomy and pathology of the maxillofacial region with Cone beam CT- (6 hrs) lecture- Salt Lake City, UT, School of Dentistry, 15/11-17/11/2019
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-Complex cases (6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine 28/10/2019
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-(6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 03/11/2018
• The Maxicourse in Oral Implantology: 1.Advanced Implant Imaging, 2. Anatomy and pathology of the maxillofacial region with Cone beam CT- (6 hrs) lecture- Salt Lake City, UT, School of Dentistry, 12/10-14/10/2018
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-Complex cases (6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 03/10/2018
• Diagnostic Ultrasound in Maxillofacial Region (6 hrs) lecture- University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Dentistry, 25/04/2018
• Dental Imaging: The Foundation for Comprehensive Treatment Angelopoulos, C., 3rd Biennial Symposium & Annual Alumni Reunion, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, New Jersey, NJ, USA, 27/04-29/04/2018 (invited speaker - lecture 1hrs)
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-(6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 17/11/2017
• The Implant Continuum: Advanced Radiology for Implant Dentistry-Complex cases (6 hrs) lecture- Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 02/11/2017
• Columbia 2017-International Implantology week: The Digital Flow in Implant Therapy-Russian and Japan Dental groups (4hrs) lecture-Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine, 13/06-16/06/2017
• University at Buffalo, School of Dentistry-CE program: 1.Advanced Dental Imaging 2. Anatomy and pathology of the maxillofacial region with Cone beam CT- (6 hrs) lecture-Buffalo, NY, 21/04/17
• "CBCT Incidental findings: What are we looking? What are we missing?" Angelopoulos C, 23rd Turkish Dental Congress, Istanbul, 21/09-24/09/2017 (invited speaker - lecture 1 hrs)
• "CBCT diagnostic efficacy: A 12 yr experience", 21st International Congress of Dento-maxillofacial Radiology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 26/04-30/04/2017 (invited speaker - lecture 1 hrs)
• Diagnostic Ultrasound in Dentistry Turkish Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Eski Sehir, Turkey, 13/04-16/04/2017 (lecture and workshop, 3hrs) "The thinking detective: Reading and Interpreting CBCT scans" Angelopoulos C. Dental XP Global Symposium, Las Vegas, NV 02/02-04/02/17(invited speaker - lecture 4 hrs)

Areas of scientific interest

• Cone Beam CT Technology
• Diagnostic Ultrasound
• Virtual Reality in Dental Imaging