The Department of Preventive dentistry, Periodontology and Implant Biology,is part of the  Section of Orthodontics and Periodontology.Main focus of the Department is the training of undergraduate students in Preventive dentistry, Periodontology and Implant Biology and provides fundamental knowledge of diagnosis,prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases ,prevention of caries and of periodontal and peri-implant tissues.

 Με ευθύνη του Εργαστηρίου διδάσκονται τα παρακάτω μαθήματα σε προπτυχιακό επίπεδο.

Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών “Οδοντιατρική”

Κατεύθυνση Περιοδοντολογία

Συντονιστής Κατεύθυνσης: Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής Ιωάννης Βούρος

Σε μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο διδάσκεται η Περιοδοντολογία και Βιολογία των Εμφυτευμάτων με συντονιστή τον Αναπληρωτή Καθηγητή Ι. Βούρο. Τα ειδικά μαθήματα του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος έχουν ως εξης:

Research

The Department is involved in research regarding clinical and laboratory projects related to materials,therapeutic interventions and techniques focused on Preventive dentistry, Periodontology and Implant Biology .Research fields of the Department include the following:

•           Aetiopathogenesis of periodontal diseases

•           Oral Microbiology

•           Epidemiology of periodontal diseases and caries

•           Methods of oral hygiene and professional debridement

•           Oral manifestations of systemic diseases

•           Prosthetics and Periodontology

•           Periodontal regeneration

•           Evaluation of periodontal surgical techniques

•           Antimicrobials and periodontal therapy

•           Periodontology and other specialties

•           Risk factors for initiation and progression of periodontal diseases

•           Aetiopathogenesis of peri-implant diseases

•           Treatment of peri-implant diseases

•          Biology of peri-implant tissues

Facilities

Offices of the administration and Department personnel are located at the 5th floor of the School. Teaching and practical training are performed in the following locations: Undergraduate Clinic at  the 1st  floor(26 dental units),Postgraduate Clinic at the 2nd floor ( 7 dental units) ,Clinic for full-mouth treatment ,the amphitheater and seminar rooms of the school.

The Undergraduate Clinic is located at the 1st floor of the Dental School and is dedicated to training of students of the 6th,7th and 8th semesters.It should be mentioned that the 6th semester consists the first clinical training of students in patients. The severity of cases treated by students ranges from chronic gingivitis to the first phase of treatment of generalized severe periodontitis .Clinical training of the 9th and 10th semesters is performed at the Clinic for full mouth treatment where cases requiring more complex and interdisciplinary approach.

The Clinic of Postgraduate students of the Department is located at the 3d floor of the Mandalidion Research Center ,which is part of the Dental School. At this Clinic  ,surgical cases of periodontal diseases and patients requiring osseo-integrated implants are being treated.

Basic research is performed in the laboratory facilities located at the 6th and 5th floor .Additional laboratory activities are performed in collaborating laboratories of the Dental or other AUTh Schools ,whilst clinical research is performed at the under-and post-graduate clinics of the Department.

Secretary: Katerina Koukoutsaki

Phone: (+30) 2310 999 607
Fax: (+30) 2310 999 613
Email: koukoutsaki@dent.auth.gr

Address:
Laboratory of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, and Implant Biology
Department of Dentistry
School of Health Sciences
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
54124 Thessaloniki
5th floor

Phone: (+30) 2310 999 607 and (+30) 2310 999 607