Iosif Sifakakis

Associate Professor

Department of Orthodontics

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1337
Email: isifak[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

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

Profiles and publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9686-7423

   

Education / Qualifications

• Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (NKUA)
• Post graduate studies, Departments of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, NKUA
• Dissertation, Departments of Biomaterials, NKUA and Oral Technology, School of Dentistry, University of Bonn, Germany

Academic and professional positions held

• 2023 Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics NKUA
• 2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics NKUA
• 2010 Lecturer, Department of Orthodontics NKUA
• 2003-2009 Research associate, Department of Orthodontics NKUA 

Administrative and organizational experience

• Supervisor of the orthodontic part of the epidemiological survey of the National Program “Assessment and Promotion of the Oral Health of the Hellenic Population”, 2013
• Member of the editorial committee and reviewer and in several international and national journals
• Research Grants and Contracts
• Research grant for academics from the German Academic Exchange Service, 2014
• Member of the research group that received the WJB Houston Memorial Research Scholarship, European Orthodontic Society, 2023

Awards and Honours

• Recipient of the Align Technology Global Funding Awarded Towards Advancing Orthodontic and Dental Research for 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 

Memberships

• European Orthodontic Society,
• Greek Association for Orthodontic Study & Research,
• Greek Orthodontic Society,
• Greek Society of Lingual Orthodontics,
• Greek Orthodontic Aligner Society,
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research

Research Theses – Books

• Maximum bite force in children with unilateral crossbite, Master's degree in Oral Biology, Dental School, NKUA, 2002. 
• A comparative assessment of the forces and moments generated with various incisor intrusion biomechanics. Dissertation, Athens and Bonn, 2009.
• Author of 9 book chapters, 2016-today

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Palikaraki G, Mitsea A, Sifakakis I. Effect of mandibular third molars on crowding of mandibular teeth in patients with or without previous orthodontic treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Angle Orthod. 2024 Jan 1;94(1):122-132. doi: 10.2319/032323-205.1.
• Katsigialou N, Sifakakis I, Zinelis S, Papageorgiou SN, Eliades T. Manual and mechanical stripping-induced enamel roughness and elemental composition in vivo. Eur J Orthod. 2023 May 31;45(3):250-257.
• Tsironi K, Mylonopoulou IM, Pandis N, Vassilopoulos S, Sifakakis I, Papaioannou W. The effect of mastic mouthwash on halitosis and oral hygiene in orthodontic patients: a randomized clinical trial. Eur J Orthod. 2023 Nov 30;45(6):781-787. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjad036.
• Roulias P, Mylonopoulou IM, Sifakakis I, Bourauel C, Eliades T. Thermo-mechanical properties in bending of a multizone nickel-titanium archwire: A retrieval analysis. Korean J Orthod. 2023 Mar 25;53(2):89-98.
• Kakali L, Giantikidis I, Sifakakis I, Kalimeri E, Karamani I, Mavrogonatou E, Kloukos D. Fluctuation of bone turnover markers' levels in samples of gingival crevicular fluid after orthodontic stimulus: a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2022 Jan 4;11(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01860-w.
• Roussos P, Mitsea A, Halazonetis D, Sifakakis I. Craniofacial shape in patients with beta thalassaemia: a geometric morphometric analysis. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 18;11(1):1686. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80234-z.
• Papagiannis A, Koletsi D, Halazonetis DJ, Sifakakis I. Relapse 1 week after bracket removal: a 3D superimpositional analysis. Eur J Orthod. 2021 Apr 3;43(2):128-135. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cjaa024.
• Mylonopoulou IM, Sifakakis I, Berdouses E, Kavvadia K, Arapostathis K, Oulis CJ. Orthodontic Status and Orthodontic Treatment Need of 12- and 15-Year-Old Greek Adolescents: A National Pathfinder Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 10;18(22):11790. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211790.
• Mirow E, Sifakakis I, Keilig L, Bourauel C, Patcas R, Eliades T, Dörsam I. Quantitative appraisal of bilateral sagittal split osteotomy impact on the loading of temporomandibular joint. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2020 Nov;111:103985.
• Mortensen D, Gizani G, Salamara O, Sifakakis I, Tweetman S. Monitoring regression of post-orthodontic lesions with impedance spectroscopy: a pilot study. Eur J Orthod 2018

Areas of scientific interest

• Orthodontic biomaterials
• Relapse
• Fixed retainers in Orthodontics