Abraham Kyriakides
Dr Abraham Kyriakides graduated in 1990 from the Dental School of Athens, Greece with a scholarship from the Stated Scholarship Foundation of Greece. He specialized in Orthodontics from Tel Aviv University, Israel in 1993-1996 with scholarship from the same foundation.
He has a private practice limited in Orthodontics since 1997. From 2005-2009 he was president of Cyprus Orthodontic Society. From 2017-2019 was Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Cyprus Dental Association CDA and also in the board of Trustees of CDA. He was the president of the 5th Mediterranean Orthodontic Congress that took place in Limassol in Nov 2016. He was President of Cyprus Orthodontic Society for 2023-24.
He has given lectures in Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, France, Hungary, Egypt, Turkey and N. Macedonia, Romania on topics like Lingual, Tads, Multidisciplinary approach, OSA and Orthodontics, Timing in Orthodontics, Open bite treatment, Ortho Prostho, Ortho Perio, Ortho Endo collaboration, Retention strategies. Since 2018 he has been a guest lecturer to the Dept. of Orthodontics in Tel Aviv University. From 2023 is a Scientific Collaborator at Orthodontic department of School of Dentistry at European University Cyprus.
He is a member of several scientific societies, among them the COS, EOS, WFO, SIDO, GOS and also AAO Ambassador. He is married to Dr Sonia Eracleous and a father of four children among them one is a dentist in Paris.
Topic: Exploring capabilities of Carriere, does it really work?
Carriere is an intraoral sagittal corrector that has become very popular due to its esthetic advantage and the comfort for both clinician and patient to handle.
As with all new treatment modalities when introduced, clinicians are euphoric trying using them in most of AP problems they face.
An overview of simple adolescent to difficult adult cases followed by aligners or braces will be discussed, showing advantages and pitfalls of this approach.
It can really help, even create some profile changes but it is not a panacea. If we add this in our armamentarium, always with caution and after careful diagnosis, it can be a great asset.