Phoebus Madianos
Short CV
Dr. Phoebus Madianos is Professor and Chair of the Dep. of Periodontology at the School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been the former Dean of the School of Dentistry and he is currently the Director of the Graduate Program in Periodontology and of the Center of Osseointegrated Implants.
He has been President of the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP, 2015), as well as Chair of the Scientific Affairs Committee of EFP (2016-2022) and of the organizing committee of EuroPerio10 congress (2022). He is presently Chair of the EFP Congress Committee.
He has published over 90 scientific papers in international journals, which have received over 16000 citations, in the fields of periodontal pathogenesis, periodontal medicine, perio-orthodontics and implantology.
He has received international awards for his research activity, including the “Hans-R. Mülhemann Research Prize” from the Swiss Society of Periodontology in 1997, the “Anthony A. Rizzo Award” from the International Association for Dental Research in 2004, and the “Clinical Research Award” from the American Academy of Periodontology in 2006.
Lecture: Contribution of plastic periodontal surgery to orthodontic treatment
The predictable and successful orthodontic treatment often requires the close cooperation of the orthodontist with other dental specialists. The collaboration of the orthodontist with the periodontist ensures the fundamental prerequisite of orthodontic treatment, i.e. periodontal health. Moreover, this collaboration entails dealing with situations and problems that arise before, during and after the orthodontic treatment that are resolved with plastic/reconstructive periodontal surgery. These situations mainly include frenectomy in order to achieve long-term stability of the treatment outcome, impacted tooth exposure to enable orthodontic appliance placement, as well as, crown-lengthening procedures due to gingival enlargement that may occur during or after orthodontic treatment. Finally, an important contribution of reconstructive periodontal surgery to orthodontic treatment is the management of soft tissue deficiencies. This management can work preventively at the beginning of the treatment or at the end restoring possible mucogingival problems that may arise.