The Doctor

Dr. Georgios Litsas is a graduate of the School of Dentistry of AUTh. (no. 711 / 17-03-1993) after success in the Panhellenic exams. He holds the Dental specialty of Orthodontics (No: 114 / 23-1-2006) after three years of specialization (2002-2005) and examinations (KESY no. 3 / 22-9-2005) according to the Greek legislation on medical specialties. In addition, he is a graduate of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Tufts University in Boston (1995-1998) and holds a Master's degree (No. 18-194 / 2004) and a Ph.D. in Orthodontics (No. 28740/2005).

He is married and the father of two children.

Member

  • Greek Orthodontic Society
  • Greek Association for Orthodontic Study & Research
  • European Orthodontic Society
  • World Association of Orthodontists
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Publications

George Litsas, D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D

Pediatric Orthodontics: Theory and Practice


eISBN: 978-1-68108-609-5, 2018

ISBN: 978-1-68108-610-1

Book Information

Selective publications

“Clinical Management of the Impacted Maxillary Canines. Review and Report of Cases”
George Litsas EC Dental Science 12.4 (2017): 168-178
Dental and Chronological Ages as Determinants of Peak Growth Period and Its Relationship with Dental Calcification Stages
George Litsas and Alessandra Lucchese. The Open Dentistry Journal 2016; 10: 99-108
Dental calcification stages as determinants of the peak growth period
George Litsas, Athanasios E. Athanasiou, Ioulia Ioannidou-Marathiotou, Moschos A. Papadopoulos, Vassilis Karagiannis. J Orofac Orthop/Fortschritte der Kieferorthopädie 2016; 77:341–349
Growth Hormone and Craniofacial tissues. An update.
Open Dent J. 2015 Jan 30;9:1-8
Growth Hormone therapy and Craniofacial Bones. A Comprehensive Review
Oral Dis. 2013 Sep;19(6):559-67.
Crohn’s disease of the mouth: report of a case.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2011 Sep;12(3):198-200
A Review of Early Displaced Maxillary Canines: Etiology, Diagnosis and Interceptive Treatment.
Open Dent J 16;5:39-47.
Growth indicators in orthodontic patients. Part 1: Comparison of cervical vertebral maturation and hand-wrist skeletal maturation.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 11(4):171-5.
Growth indicators in orthodontic patients. Part 2: Comparison of cervical bone age to hand-wrist skeletal age. Relationship with chronological age.
Eur J Paediatr Dent 11(4):176-80.
Effect of full mouth rehabilitation on the amount of Streptococcus mutans in children with Early Childhood Caries
Eur J Paediatr Dent 11(1):35-8.

Selective announcements in scientific conferences

Orthodontics and Systemic Diseases
4th Hellenic Stomatology Congress
Congenital missing lateral incisors: Closing or Opening the Spaces
38th Hellenic Dental Congress
Orthodontic Treatment of Open Bite

Hellenic Orthodontic Congress

Presentation of e-Book

Dental Conference of West Macedonia

Orthodontics and dentistry in mixed dentistry. A two-way relationship

37th Hellenic Dental Congress

Dental Anomalies and Orthodontic Treatment

G.Litsas*. 46 SIDO International Orthodontic Congress, 29-31 Οκτωβρίου, Milan, Italy

Dental calcification stages as determinants of peak growth period

G. Litsas*, Athanasios E. Athanasiou , Ioulia Ioannidou-Marathiotou , Vassilis Karagiannis.

91οCongress of the European Orthodontic Society, 13-18 June, Venice-Italy

Timing of orthodontic treatment. Cervical bone age vs Hand-wrist skeletal Age.

International Orthodontic Congress (SIDO), Florence, Italy

Skeletal Class III in the mixed dentition period. Etiology and therapy.

Annual Dental Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece

Diagnosis and treatment of impacted canines

Annual Pedodontic Conference Nafplio

Correlation between skeletal and dental age in orthodontic patients

Annual orthodontic conference Thessaloniki

Correlation between dental, chronological and skeletal age in orthodontic patients

Annual Greek Dental Congress, Alexandroupoli

Bone age estimation in Orthodontics

87th congress of the European Orthodontic Society, Istanbul

i) Mini-screws in Orthodontics <br> ii) Tooth agenesis and Orthodontic treatment

Annual Greek Dental conference

Temporary anchorage application in Orthodontics

15th Congress of the Balkan Stomatological Society

Chronological age and initiation of orthodontic treatment

Annual Greek Dental Congress

Cooperation between orthodontist and dentist to treat the impacted canines

Annual Greek Orthodontic Congress, Athens

Assessing Skeletal Maturation by means of lateral Cephalometric

Annual Greek Orthodontic Congress, Athens

Do we really need hand-wrist radiographs?

International Orthodontic Congress Paris, France

Palatal implants and orthodontic treatment

Annual Greek Dental Congress

Effect of full mouth rehabilitation on the amount of Streptococcus mutans in children with Early Childhood Caries

76th General Session of the IADR, Nice, France

TMJ considerations during orthodontic treatment in the mixed dentition

Annual meeting of American Academyof Pediatric Dentistry, Philadelphia, USA

Behavior management techniques for the non-speaking child

9 th Annual meeting of Federation of Special Care Organizations in Dentistry, Chicago, USA