Savvas Kamalakidis

Immediate Implant-Supported Dentures: A Comprehensive Approach to Edentulism.

Immediate removable complete dentures provide patients with improved esthetics and reasonable function following dental extractions. Dental implants with various attachment systems enhance the retention of the overdenture prostheses. Recent advances in digital technologies have enabled the fabrication of digitally designed and manufactured overdenture prostheses that incorporate elements of an analog fabrication workflow. Diligent integration of the advantages of both workflows facilitates a predictable transition to complete edentulism for patients with terminal dentition.

Savvas N. Kamalakidis, DDS, CAGS, MPH, PhD, FACP, FICD
Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics Department, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Prosthodontics Department, TUFTS University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics
Certified Prosthodontist, European Prosthodontic Association

Dr. Kamalakidis graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Dentistry in 2001. He received his certificates from the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Prosthodontics and the Advanced Education in Esthetic Dentistry Fellowship Program at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, in 2005. In 2006, he began working in his private dental clinic, specializing in
prosthodontics. In 2009, he received Board Certification in Prosthodontics from the American Board of Prosthodontics. In 2016, he earned a PhD from the School of Dentistry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2022, he earned his Prosthodontics certification from the European Prosthodontic Association. In 2025, he completed the Master of Public Health Program at the European University Cyprus. He has lectured in Greece and internationally and has authored and reviewed several articles in peerreviewed journals. Today, he teaches as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Dentistry and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Postgraduate Prosthodontics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board
of Prosthodontics, a fellow and international fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, a fellow of the European Prosthodontic Association, and a fellow of the International College of Dentists.