Yiorgos Bobetsis

Associate Professor

Department of Periodontology

 

Contact details

Phone: (+30) 210-746-1097
Email: ybobetsi@dent.uoa.gr

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

Profiles and publications

   

Education / Qualifications

• 1994-2000 Doctor of Dental Surgery National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2000-2006 Certificate of Advanced Study in Periodontology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• 2000-2006 Ph.D in Oral Biology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Academic and professional positions held

• 2024-present Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2014-2024 Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2010-2014 Lecturer, Department of Periodontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2006-2010 Teaching Assistant, Comprehensive Care Clinic, Department of Periodontology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2006-2009 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• 2000-2005 Teaching Assistant, Comprehensive Care Clinic, Department of Periodontology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Administrative and organizational experience

• Lecturer for the undergraduate and graduate students
• Supervisor at the undergraduate comprehensive care clinic
• Supervisor at the graduate periodontal clinic
• Research Supervisor for the graduate students
• Member in different academic committees of the Dental School

Awards and Honours

• 1994-1999 “Antonios Papadakis” Scholarship, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• 2001-2002 “Comprehensive Center of Inflammatory Diseases” Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• 2001-2003 “Gerondelis Foundation” Scholarship, Gerondelis Foundation, Βoston, USA
• 2004 Finalist among the 3 best implant cases for the competition for post-graduate students organized by the International Team for Implantology, Switzerland. Title: “The use of ITI dental implants for extensive rehabilitation and immediate placement in the aesthetic zone. A case report."
• 2005 “The Abraham and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship”, American Academy of Periodontology Foundation
• 2006 Finalist among the 4 best research projects of the “Balint Orban Memorial Prize in Basic Science” organized by the American Academy of Periodontology. Title: “Campylobacter rectus Infection Mediates Promoter Hyper-methylation of Igf-2.”
• 2016 Finalist among the 3 best poster presentations at the 1st Implant Congress organized by the Hellenic Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Title: “Success and survival of implants placed in patients treated for aggressive periodontitis."
• 2016 “Koulourides Prize” for the research protocol of the dissertation of Dr Vavetsi, for whom I am advisor.

Memberships

• European Federation of Periodontology
• American Academy of Periodontology
• Center of Oral and Systemic Diseases
• Hellenic Society of Periodontology
• Hellenic Society of Odontostomatologic Research

Research Theses - Books

• Madianos P.N, Bobetsis Y.A, Van Dyke T.E. “Infection and Inflammation.” Chapter 3 of the textbook "Periodontal Disease and Overall Health: A Clinician’s Guide". 2010: Editors R.J. Genco and R.C Williams.
• Βοbetsis Υ.Α., Borgnakke W., Papapanou P. “Periodontal Infections and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes” Chapter 10 of the textbook “The Oral-Systemic Health Connection”, Quintessence Editions.
• Βοbetsis Υ.Α.“Periodontal disease and systemic diseases.” Chapter 10 of the textbook Periodontology - Implantology. Vita Editions.
• Bobetsis Υ.Α. and Madianos P.N. “Oral-Systemic relationship”. Chapter 2 of the textbook "La parodontologie ... tout simplement", Information Dentaire Editions (2018).
• Bobetsis Y.A. and Madianos P.N. “Periodontal disease, pregnancy and fertility”. Chapter 7 of the textbook “Associations between periodontitis and systemic diseases”, Quintessence Editions (in press).

Selected publications in scientific journals

• Vassilopoulos SI, Bobetsis Y.A., Mastoris M, Pepelassi E, Nikopoulou-Karagianni K. Detection Accuracy of Bone Defects Depending on Exposure Settings of Cone Beam Computed Tomography. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2020;40(2):e65-e72. 
• Dragonas P, El-Sioufi I, BobetsisY.A., Madianos P.N. Association of vitamin D with periodontal disease: A narrative review. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2020;18(2):103-114.  
• Bobetsis Y.A., Graziani F, Gürsoy M, Madianos P.N. Periodontal Disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Periodontol 2000. 2020;83(1):154-174. 
• Bobetsis Y.A., Kotsikoris I., Liapis C.D., Liasis N., Kakisis J., Kourlaba G., Lazari P., Antonopoulos C.N., Deliargyris E.N., Madianos P.N. Association between periodontal disease and vulnerable plaque morphology in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2020;9(30):100601. 
• Kaddas C, Papamanoli E, Bobetsis Y.A. Etiology and Treatment of Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Dehiscences: A Narrative Review. Dent J (Basel). 2022;10(5):86.  
• Vavetsi K, Panagopoulou O., Fryssira H., Bobetsis S.A, Emmanouil D., Madianos P.N, Bobetsis Y.A. Oral manifestations of eleven individuals with Noonan Syndrome. A case series. Spec Care Dentist. 2022;1-9.  
• Bobetsis Y.A, Ide M, Gürsoy M, Madianos PN. Periodontal disease and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Present and future. Periodontol 2000. 2023 May 6. doi: 10.1111/prd.12486. Online ahead of print.  
• Vavetsi K, Panagopoulou O, Koromantzos P, Fryssira H, Bobetsis S, Emmanouil D, Bobetsis Y.A. Oral manifestations of nine individuals with Williams Syndrome. A case series. Spec Care Dentist. 2023 May 27. doi: 10.1111/scd.12881. Online ahead of print.  
• El-Sioufi I, Oikonomou E, Koletsi D, Bobetsis Y.A, Madianos P.N, Vassilopoulos S. Evaluation of different alveolar ridge preservation techniques after tooth extraction: a randomized clinical trial. Clin Oral Investig. 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1007/s00784-023-05068-1.
• Adamouli D, Marasli C, Bobetsis YA. The Expression Patterns of Non-Coding RNAs in Periodontal Disease. Dent J (Basel). 2024 May 24;12(6):159. doi: 10.3390/dj12060159.  

Areas of scientific interest

• Periodontal medicine
• Genetic Syndromes and periodontal disease
• Titanium particles and periimplantitis