Scientific Committee

Sotiria Gizani obtained her Dental Degree from the University of Thessaloniki and then completed her 6-year postgraduate studies in Paediatric Dentistry at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium), including the degrees of Master in dental sciences and Doctorate (PhD).

Since 1998, she has been working at the Department of Paediatric Dentistry in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), where she is Professor and Chair of the Department as well as Director of the Postgraduate program, one of the eight EAPD accredited postgraduate programs in Europe. Dr Gizani is currently the Vice Dean of the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has been General Secretary of EAPD from 2018-2024 while recently she shas been elected as President Elect. 

Moreover, she has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and received international awards while she is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal ‘European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry’, Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry and ‘Oralprophylaxe & Kinderzahnheilkunde’ (Springer). Her research interests focus mainly on clinical trials regarding prevention and management of caries in young children and orthodontic patients, oral health care of patients with special needs and vulnerable children as well as communication and behavior management in the dental setting

David has spent nearly 40 years in private practice and academia and is currently a Professor of Paediatric Dentistry at the UMCG, University of Groningen and a visiting professor at ACTA in Amsterdam. He previously convened the specialist training program in paediatric dentistry at the University of Melbourne, and was chair of the postgraduate education and research committee. David is involved in several collaborative and postgraduate research projects in both paediatric dentistry and orthodontics. Graduated BDSc (Melb) in 1984 and worked in general practice until 1991 when he undertook an MDSc in Paediatric Dentistry and then completed his PhD in 2010. He was dental advisor to the Australian Federal Government from 1994 – 1996 and won the KG Sutherland Prize of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in 2007. David was a member of the advisory board of ORCA for 9 years. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry and an associate editor of Caries Research. David is a past president of the IADR paediatric oral health research group.

Over the past 20 years David has spoken throughout Australia, Asia and Europe and has wide ranging research experience in Minimum Intervention Dentistry, caries remineralisation, especially CPP-ACP, the detection of carious lesions, developmental defects of enamel (especially MIH), resin infiltration of MIH lesions, and the use of calcium silicates in endodontics. He has published more than 180 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and according to Google scholar he has been cited over 10,000 times since 2020. He is currently supervising far too many PhD and masters student research projects.

Prof. Krämer obtained his PhD from the University of Erlangen in 1997. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the chair of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry in Dresden.

In 2009 he was appointed to the Director of the Departement of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Gießen. He was elected in different positions (2000-2004 President of the German Society of Paediatric Dentistry [GSPD], 2010–2012 President of the EAPD, 2015-2019 again President of the GSPD, 2017-2020 member of the Board of Directors of the IAPD, 2024 Board Member of the GSPD). Since 2016 he is chair of the Future Congress and Seminar Committee of the EAPD. He is in the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals. He has published ca. 200 research papers/books/articles.

Dr. Georgios Tsilingaridis graduated at the Karolinska Institute in 1997. In 2004, he completed his pediatric dentistry specialisation at the Eastman Institute in Stockholm, and in 2013 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the Karolinska Institute.

He is currently associate professor, head of the division of Pediatric Dentistry and vice dean at the department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet. He is also director of studies for all post-graduate education in the Region of Stockholm.

He is the past-president of the Swedish Society of Pediatric Dentistry and the past-president of the Swedish national group of directors for studies for postgraduate education.

His research is clinically focused, with a strong emphasis on prevention, trauma, and oral health in children with special needs. His work spans over several key areas in pediatric dentistry and aims to improve diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care for children at high risk for poor oral health.

One primary research area is traumatic injuries in the young permanent dentition, where Tsilingaridis investigates regenerative treatment methods and apexification in cases of necrotic pulp. The goal is to preserve tooth function and structure during growth, which is crucial for long-term dental health in children.

Another research line concerns caries prevention in socioeconomically disadvantaged children. Early interventions and collaboration between healthcare providers are studied to reduce inequalities in oral health.

His research also includes oral health in children with chronic diseases, such as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Down syndrome, and childhood cancer survivors. By identifying long-term effects of disease and treatment on oral mucosa and tooth development, the research aims to improve care routines and preventive strategies for these patient groups.

His work has strong international ties through involvement in organizations such as the International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT), where he has contributed to the development of global guidelines for dental trauma treatment in children and the European Association of Paediatric Dentistry where he works in different committees.

Janet has been a Clinical Reader/Hon Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London/Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust since 2015 having completed her clinical specialist training and PhD there. She was previously a locum consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London. She is the Course Director for the EAPD accredited DClin Dent in Paediatric Dentistry at QMUL and Deputy Director of Postgraduate Taught courses. She has recently been appointed as the chair of the new Dental Specialty Fellowship Examination board for Paediatric Dentistry having been an examiner and board member of the MPaed Dent examination since 2018. Her research interests include family-based caries prevention strategies, dental development, oral surgery and periodontal disease in children.