Pediatric Dentist
Katerina Theocharopoulou was born and grew up in Athens-Greece. She attended the primary school Saint-Paul in Ano Patissia-Athens and later Leonin Lyceum of Patissia-Athens, Greece. She was admitted to the Dental School of Athens-Greece from which she received her degree in 2009. After her graduation, she worked as a general dentist for 1 year in the Dental Department of 251 General Aviation Hospital and later in a private clinic in Sheffield-England, contracted with the National Health System of United Kingdom.
In 2011 she was admitted to the Academic Center for Dentistry (ACTA) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for her 3-year specialization in Pediatric Dentistry, which she completed in 2014. During her specialization, she gained significant clinical experience treating children and patients with disabilities, but also operating dental treatment using behavior managing techniques, sedation and general anesthesia.
At the same time with her training in the university, she also worked as a pediatric dentist in a private clinic in Amsterdam-Netherlands. Upon her return to Greece in 2014, she worked as a pediatric dentist in private clinics while she attended for 3 years the Pediatric Dentistry Department of the School of Dentistry, University of Athens-Greece, as an associate, teaching graduate students. Since 2016 she works full-time at her own pediatric dental clinic in Galatsi-Athens. She speaks English, French and Dutch.
1991 – 1997 - Greek-French Primary School, “Saint Paul, Patision”, Athens, Greece
1997 – 2003 - Greek-French High School “Leonin Lyceum of Patision”
2003 – 2009 - Diploma in DENTISTRY, University of Athens, Greece
1.9.2008 – 31.11.2008 - Department of Dentistry, University of Goteborg, Sweden (erasmus program).
1.9.2011 – 3.7.2014 - Three year full-time postgraduate program in Pediatric Dentistry in Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam, Netherlands (ACTA)
December 2016 until now - full time at my pediatric clinic.
13.10.2009 – 12.3.2010 - Practice as a general dentist in the Dental Therapeutic Department of the 251 HELLENIC GENERAL AIR FORCES HOSPITAL, Athens, Greece
13.3.2010 – 31.8.2010 - Practice as a general dentist in the Prosthodontic Department of the 251 Hellenic General Air Forces Hospital, Athens, Greece
11.10.2010 – 29.7.2011 - Work as a general dentist in UK National Health System in Thursnscoe Dental Practice
5.1.2012- 11.7.2014 - part-time pediatric dentist in the dental clinic Τandartspraktijk West 5, Amsterdam
September 2014 - December 2016 - work as a pediatric dentist in private dental practices in Athens- Greece
4/2006 – 3/2008 - Internship at the Dental Clinic of Dr. S. Chrysikopoulou, N.Psychiko, EPEAEKI.
10.12.2008 – 12.10.2009 - Assistant-associate in the postgraduate department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School of Athens.
A.Theocharopoulou, M.D. Lagerweij, A.J.P. van Strijp. Use of the ICDAS system and two fluorescence-based intraoral devices in examining occlusal surfaces. 12th conference of the European Pediatric Dental Society, Sopot-Poland 2014.
A.Theocharopoulou, M.D. Lagerweij, A.J.P. van Strijp. Use of the ICDAS system and two fluorescence-based intraoral devices in examining occlusal surfaces. Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2015 Mar;16(1):51-5.
Theocharopoulou A., Lazaridi K., Vadiakas G., 2009. The possibility of using and utilizing adamantinogen (Emdogain) in the re-implantation of completely extracted teeth. 39th Panhellenic Pediatric Dental Conference 2009. PAIDODONTIA 2010 24 (2): 71-79.
Papagrigorakis M., Theocharopoulou A.., Sambri I., Manolakiou E., 2008. Anterior cruciate ligament in the mixed barrier. Student Conference 2008.
Jerbos F., Theocharopoulou A.., Hadjipetros M., 2008. Epidermal cyst, case presentation. Student Conference 2008.
- 11th EAPD Interim Seminar, May 3-4, 2019 – Crete, Greece.
- 44th Panhellenic Pediatric Dental Conference 27-29 / 9/2019
- 11th Interim Seminar, May 3-4, 2019 – Crete, Greece.
- 14th EAPD Congress, June 20-23, 2018 – Lugano, Switzerland.
- 13th EAPD Congress, June 2-5, 2016 – Belgrade, Republic of Serbia.
- 12th conference of the European Pediatric Dental Society (EAPD), Sopot-Poland 6 / 6-8 / 6/2014.
- 23rd Congress International Association of Pediatric Dentistry (IAPD), Athens 15 / 6-18 / 6/2011
- Conference on the topic: The contribution of X-ray X-ray in the diagnosis of patients with osteoporosis and other general diseases. Attica Road Association in collaboration with the Athens School of Dentistry, 26.1.08.
- 27th Panhellenic Dental Conference, Patras 30 / 11-2 / 12.2007
- 26th Panhellenic Dental Conference, Athens 2-5 / 11/2006
- "Vaccines and Immunization - Necessary knowledge at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic". Seminar of the Greek Pediatric Dental Company 20/2/2021
- "Immediate and indirect restorations of minimal intervention for adolescents" Seminar of the Greek Pediatric Dental Company 5/12/2020
- Clinical Tutoring of hematogenously transmitted diseases on the Road, 19th Panhellenic AIDS Conference, 24.11.07.
- Seminar on the use of LASER in Oral Surgery, HELSOLA, 22.05.06.
French: Sorbonne I
Dutch: ΝΤ2 programma I
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