Spyridon Vasilopoulos

Assistant Professor

Department of Periodontology

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1149
Email: spvas[at]dent.uoa[dot]gr

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

Profiles and publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-4280

   

Education / Qualifications

• 1995: D.D.S. School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUoA), Greece (Grade: Very Good)
• 2001: Certificate of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, NKUoA (Grade: Excellent)
• 2001: Master of Science in Dentistry (MSc), School of Dentistry, NKUoA 
• (Grade: Excellent)
• 2008: Doctor of Dentistry Degree (Dr Dent), School of Dentistry, NKUoA
• (Grade: Excellent)
• 2009- 2010: Postdoctoral attendant and teaching assistant at the Department of Periodontology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Academic and professional positions held

• 2016- : Assistant Professor (2020: tenured), Department of Periodontology NKUoA Greece. (under- and postgraduate program in Periodontics & Implant Dentistry).
• 2010- 2016: Lecturer, Department of Periodontology, NKUoA, Greece. (under- and postgraduate program in Periodontics & Implant Dentistry). 
• 2009- 2010: Teaching assistant in Periodontology Workshops I & III in DMD Program (2nd Year & 3rd Year), Tufts University, School of Dental Medicine. Boston, MA, USA
• 2001– 2008: Research Fellow and teaching assistant at the Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, NKUoA, Greece
• 1998- : Private practice limited to periodontics and implant dentistry.
• Clinical coordinator and Chief supervisor, 3rd year undergraduate dental students.

Administrative and organizational experience

• 2025-2026, EFP President
• 2025, President elect of the Hellenic Society of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry (2027-2030)
• 2025, Member of the Organizing Committee for the EuroPerio11 Vienna Austria, 14-17.5.2025
• 2022-2023, EFP core EC elected officer, EFP GDPR- Data Officer
• 2021- 2024, Member of the International Partnerships and Mobility Committee (CIVIS, ERASMUS), School of Dentistry, NKUoA
• program: “Pathology and Therapeutics of Dental and Periodontal tissues”, School of Dentistry, NKUoA
• 2019-, Member of the Coordination Committee of the Postgraduate 
• 2018- 2024, Voting Member at the General Assembly of the School of Dentistry, NKUoA
• 2018-2022, Member of the Organizing Committee for the EuroPerio10, Copenhagen Denmark, 15-18.6.2022
• 2017- 2019,  Member of the Committee for the Competences of the   
• Co-director and Chief supervisor at the Postgraduate Periodontal Clinic 
• Co-director and Chief supervisor at the Osseointegration Dental Implants Center
• 2017-2021, Vice President and member of the board of the Association of           
• 2017-2024, EFP Representative of the Hellenic Society of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry
• Teaching - Research Staff at the School of Dentistry, NKUoA
• 2015, Chair of the Europerio9 Ambassadors Committee, Junior EFP officer
• 2015, Member of the Organizing Committee for the Europerio9, Amsterdam NL, June 2018
• 2013, Member of the Ambassador Committee for the Europerio8, London UK, June 2015
• 2009-, Member of the board of the Hellenic Society of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry 
• Undergraduate Students, School of Dentistry, NKUoA 

Awards and Honours

• 2001, Prize of distinction- postgraduate program (State Scholarship Foundation) 
• 18.6.2011 J. Morita prize “Best Case Report” «Guided bone regeneration following teeth extractions in the anterior maxilla of a 15 years old patient for future implant placement.». 23rd Congress of the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry

Memberships

• European Federation of Periodontology- EFP
• Hellenic Society of Periodontology & Implant Dentistry
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatological Research
• ITI International Team for Implantology (ITI) (ITI Fellow & Registered speaker)
• American Academy of Periodontology (AAP)(International member)
• IADR-CED (member)

Research Grants and Contracts

• 2022 Koulourides Annual Sponsoship by Procter & Gamble

Selected publications in scientific journal

• Herrera D., Chapple I., Vasilopoulos S., Windisch P., Winning L. Consensus report of the second European Consensus Workshop on Education in Periodontology (2024) Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 51 (S27), pp. 4 – 37 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13983
• Ntovas P., Pashias A., Vassilopoulos S., Gürel G., Madianos P., Papazoglou E. Esthetic rehabilitation through crown lengthening and laminate veneers (2023) International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry, 18 (4), pp. 330 – 344
• Ntolou P., Pani P., Panis V., Madianos P., Vassilopoulos S. The effect of antiretroviral therapyon the periodontal conditions of patients with HIV infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023) Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 50 (2), pp. 170 – 182 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13735
• Vassilopoulos S.I., Bobetsis Y.A., Mastoris M., Pepelassi E., Nikopoulou-Karagianni K. Detection accuracy of bone defects depending on exposure settings of cone beam computed tomography (2020) International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry, 40 (2), pp. E65 - E72 DOI: 10.11607/prd.4258
• Papaioannou W., Vassilopoulos S., Vrotsos I., Margaritis V., Panis V. A comparison of a new alcohol-free 0.2% chlorhexidine oral rinse to an established 0.2% chlorhexidine rinse with alcohol for the control of dental plaque accumulation (2016) International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 14 (4), pp. 272 - 277DOI: 10.1111/idh.12182
• Herrera D., Berglundh T., ... Vassilopoulos S., Verket A., West N., Wilensky A. Prevention and treatment of peri-implant diseases—The EFP S3 level clinical practice guideline (2023) Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 50 (S26), pp. 4 – 76 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13823
• Tsironi K., Mylonopoulou I.-M., 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 (2023) European Journal of Orthodontics, 45 (6), pp. 781 – 787 DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjad036
• El-Sioufi I., Oikonomou I., Koletsi D., Bobetsis Y.A., Madianos P.N., Vassilopoulos S. Clinical evaluation of different alveolar ridge preservation techniques after tooth extraction: a randomized clinical trial (2023) Clinical Oral Investigations, 27 (8), pp. 4471 – 4480 DOI: 10.1007/s00784-023-05068-1
• Sykara M., Ntovas P., Markou N., Madianos P., Vassilopoulos S. Individualized digitally designed surgical template for guided soft tissue surgery in cases with severe gingival enlargement: A clinical application in hereditary gingival fibromatosis [Individuelle, digital hergestellte Operationsschablonen für die geführte Weichgewebechirurgie in Fällen mit stark vergrößerter Gingiva: Eine klinische Anwendung bei hereditärer Gingivafibromatose] (2024) International Journal of Computerized Dentistry, 27 (1), pp. 99 – 107 DOI: 10.3290/j.ijcd.b5004083
• Zuffetti F., Testarelli L., Bertani P., Vassilopoulos S., Testori T., Guarnieri R. A Retrospective Multicenter Study on Short Implants With a Laser-Microgrooved Collar (≤7.5 mm) in Posterior Edentulous Areas: Radiographic and Clinical Results up to 3 to 5 Years (2020) Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 78 (2), pp. 217 – 227 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.08.007
• Gkatzonis A.M., Vassilopoulos S.I., Karoussis I.K., Kaminari A., Madianos P.N., Vrotsos I.A. A randomized controlled clinical trial on the effectiveness of three different mouthrinses (chlorhexidine with or without alcohol and C31G), adjunct to periodontal surgery, in early wound healing (2018) Clinical Oral Investigations, 22 (7), pp. 2581 – 2591 DOI: 10.1007/s00784-018-2357-6 
• Trikka D., Vassilopoulos S. Periodontal regeneration with enamel matrix derivative in the management of generalized aggressive periodontitis: A case report with 11-year follow-up and literature review (2019) Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry, 9 (1), pp. 1 – 4 DOI: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_119_18 
• Vassilopoulos S.I., Tosios K.I., Panis V.G., Vrotsos J.A. Endothelial cells of oral pyogenic granulomas express eNOS and CD105/endoglin: An immunohistochemical study (2011) Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 40 (4), pp. 345 – 351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00969.x

Areas of scientific interest

• Periodontal treatment
• Periodontal surgery (plastic, regenerative)
• Implant surgery
• Periimplantitis treatment