Moschos Papadopoulos, Professor, Chairman and Program Director at the Department of Orthodontics of the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece


Moschos Papadopoulos, Professor, Chairman and Program Director at the Department of Orthodontics of the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Moschos A. Papadopoulos is Professor, Chairman and Program Director at the Department of Orthodontics of the School of Dentistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Visiting Professor at the University of Messina, Italy. He served as President of the Balkan Association of Orthodontic Specialists (BAOS) and of the Orthodontic Society of Northern Greece (OSNG). He is also Honorary Editor of the “Hellenic Orthodontic Review” and served as Asst. Editor of the “World Journal of Orthodontics”.

Dr. Papadopoulos served as Member of the Editorial Board of 19 peer reviewed journals, and as Reviewer for 47 orthodontic, dental and medical journals. He is an active member in more than 22 national and international societies, federations, and unions.

Dr. Papadopoulos received several awards and distinctions, among others the “Joseph E. Johnson Clinical Award” and the “Turpin Award for Evidence-Based Research” from the American Association of Orthodontists, the “Regional Award of Merit” from the World Federation of Orthodontists, and the “Special Achievement Award” from the Balkan Association of Orthodontist Specialists.

Currently his main clinical and research interests include the subjects of “noncompliance orthodontic treatment”, “use of miniscrew implants as temporary anchorage devices in orthodontics”, and “evidence-based orthodontics”.

Dr. Papadopoulos has written the books entitled “Orthodontic treatment for the Class II non-compliant patient”, “Skeletal anchorage in orthodontic treatment of Class II malocclusion”, and “Cleft lip and palate: Diagnosis and treatment management”, has published more than 215 scientific publications, and has presented more than 390 lectures, courses and papers worldwide.