Dr. Vicki Petropoulos, a prosthodontist, graduated from Temple University School of Dentistry and is now a clinical professor on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. She has conducted research at Pi Dental Center and has written several journal articles with Drs. Balshi and Wolfinger.

Education:

1978-1982 B.A. Smith College --Biochemistry

Northampton, MA

1983-1987 D.M.D. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Boston, MA

Postgraduate Training:

1991-1994 Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA

Certificate of Specialty in Prosthodontics

1991-1994 Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, PA

Master of Science in Oral Biology

Thesis: "A Comparative Study of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Department of General Restorative Dentistry

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Sabbatical Research:

2002 May-June Department of Biomaterials,

University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry

Dr. Angelo Caputo's Laboratory,

(Photoelastic Studies of Implant Overdentures)

Non-Academic Appointments:

1987-1989 Lynn Dental Associates, Lynn, MA

Full-time associate dentist

1989-1991 Harvard Community Health Plan, Medford, MA

Full-time associate general dentist

1991-1994 The Dental Resource Group Ltd., Narbeth, PA

Dr. Ernest Dellheim & Dr. Gerald Markowitz

Hospital Appointments:

1997- Prosthodontic Consultant,

Dental Division, Veterans Administration Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Licensure:

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania

Awards, Honors and Membership in Honorary Societies:

1978-1982 Dean's List, Smith College

1983-1987 Massachusetts State Dental Scholarship,

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

1983-1986 Vice President of Class, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

March 3, 1995 Finalist in the Oral Presentation for the Academy of Osseointegration, Chicago, IL

"A Comparative Study on the Retention of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

October 20, 1995 Semifinalist in the American College of Prosthodontists,

Washington DC, John Sharry Research Competition

"Comparison of the Retention on Implant Overdenture Attachments"

2003- Associate Fellow of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics

2004- Charles E. English Outstanding Manuscript Award, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26, 2004

2004- OKU (omicron kappa upsilon) Honorary Dental Society Induction

Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies

National Societies:

1994- American College of Prosthodontists

1994- International Association of Dental Research

1994- American Association of Dental Research

2003- American College of Prosthodontists

(Member of the Education and Advancement Committee)

2005- American Dental Educators Association

Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Department of General Restorative Dentistry Committees:

1996-1997 Subcommittee for Dean's Strategic Planning

1997-2000 Accreditation Committee

1997-2000 Competencies Committee

1997- Northeast Regional Board (NERB) Preparation Committee

1997- Division Committee of Fixed Prosthodontics and Implant Dentistry

1997- Dental Materials Committee

1997- Instruments Committee

2003- Grand Rounds Organizational Committee
Academic Committees at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

School of Dental Medicine Committees:

1999- Admissions Committee

1999- Infection Control Committee

2001- Clinics Policy Committee

2003- Faculty Senate Secretary

2003- Institutional Research Planning Committee

Major Teaching and Clinical Responsibilities:

1994 Fall Clinical Instruction in main clinic two days/week

1995 Spring Primary Care Unit Leader, 2.5 days/week

Clinical Instruction in other Primary Care Unit 2.5 days/week

Seminar Leader

1995-1999 Primary Care Unit Leader, 2 days/week,

Seminar Leader

1995- Clinician-Educator at University of Pennsylvania Dental Network

1995-2001 Clinical Instruction in Implant Clinic 1 day/week

1995- Course Director of Fixed Prosthodontics (General Restorative Dentistry II)

Courses 622 & 623, Didactic and Laboratory

-- 100 students per year

-- Preparation of Educational Aids: course manual, video tapes, slides, CD-Roms, models

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1996 Research Selective: "A Comparative Study of the Strain of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

Research Selective: "Comparative Study of the Wear of Implant Overdenture

Attachments"

Research Selective: "Deterioration of Soft Lining Materials Used for Dentures"

1996-2001 Lecturer in Dental Materials Course: "Elastomeric Impression Materials and

Applications"

1997 Research Selective: "Instructor Variation in the Grading of Student Practical Examinations"

Research Selective: "Faculty's Assessment of Student's Dental Knowledge"

Research Selective: "Students' Attitudes of their Preparedness in the Clinic"

Research Selective: "Consistency of Grading Dentoform Practicals between the Preclinical Faculty and the Clinical Faculty"

Research Selective: "Computer Assisted Learning Program"

Course Director for Selective: "The Restoration of the Endodontically Treated Tooth"

1997-2000 Course Director of Selective: "Overview of Overdenture Attachments"

1997- Director of Fixed Prosthodontics (OSCE)

-- Preparation for Northeast Regional Board Examination

-- Author of Instructional Manual as Educational Material

-- Teaching Aids: Models, Slides

1998- Course Director of Fixed Prosthodontics Module (740)

1998- Lecturer at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia PA

Various topics related to Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics & Dental Implants

1998-2001 Lecturer in Removable Prosthodontic Module Course (740)

"Overdentures and Attachment Mechanisms"

Lectures by Invitation:

September 8, 1994 "A Comparative Study on the Retention of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

Graduate Prosthodontics Masters Candidates,

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

March 3, 1995 "A Comparative Study on the Retention of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

10th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Osseointegration, Chicago, Illinois .

October 20, 1995 "A Comparison of the Retention and Release Periods of Implant Overdenture Attachments" Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Prosthodontists, Washington, DC

March 15, 1996 "Retention and Release Periods for Implant Attachments"

Annual 1996 International Association of Dental Research, San Francisco, CA

June 8, 1996 "A Comparison of Retention and Release Periods for Implant Overdenture Attachments" 15th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Prosthodontics

Association, State College, Pennsylvania

March 21, 1997 "Consistency of Grading in Preclinical Fixed Prosthodontics"

International Association of Dental Research, Orlando, Florida

September 20, 1997 "Impression Techniques for Successful Fixed Prosthodontics"

Continuing Education Course Sponsored by GC-America Co. and

Modern Dental Concepts Inc., Philadelphia, PA

June 25, 1998 "Comparative Study on Retention of Newer Generation Overdenture Attachments" International Association of Dental Research, Nice, France

June 26, 1998 "Degradation of Sealed Soft Reline Materials" International Association of Dental Research, Nice, France

April 6, 2000 "Comparison of Load Distribution for Implant Retained Overdentures"

International Association of Dental Research, Washington DC

November 2, 2000 "Comparison of Load Distribution for Implant-Retained Overdenture

Attachments" Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Prosthodontists, Kona, Hawaii

October 25, 2001 "Maximum Dislodging Forces of Implant Overdenture Attachments"

Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Prosthodontists,

New Orleans, LA

March 6, 2002 "Breakaway Energies (deformation energies) and Breakaway Forces of Stud-Type Attachments" International Association of Dental Research, San Diego, CA

November 7, 2002 "A Comparative Study of One Implant Versus Two Implants to Replace a Molar"

Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Prosthodontists,

Orlando, FL

February 12, 2003 "Oral Rehabilitation of the Mandibular Edentulous Arch Using Implant Attachments" University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Continuing Dental Education Program, Philadelphia, PA

February 27, 2003 "A Comparative Study of One Implant Versus Two Implants Replacing a Single Molar: A 12-Year Study" 18th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Osseointegration, Co-sponsored by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Academy of Periodontology, American College of Prosthodontists, Boston, MA

May 30, 2003 "Comparison of Load Distribution for Implant Overdenture Attachments"

Montefiore Hospital, Graduate Prosthodontics, Bronx, NY

June 6, 2003 "Comparison of Load Distribution for Implant Overdenture Attachments"

The Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics, Spring Meeting,

Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System's

New York Campus, New York, NY

September 6, 2003 "Oral Rehabilitation of the Mandibular Edentulous Arch Using Implant

Attachments" University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine,

Continuing Education Course, Philadelphia, PA

February 16, 2004 "Implant-Retained Overdentures: The Standard of Care for Rehabilitation of

the Mandibular Edentulous Arch" University of Pennsylvania

School of Dental Medicine, Continuing Education Course Philadelphia, PA

March 17, 2004 "Predoctoral Implant Dentistry Curriculum Survey: U.S. Dental Schools"

Implantology Forum, 19th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Osseointegration,

San Francisco, CA

March 19, 2004 "Osseointegrated Implants in the Treatment of Cleidocranial Dysplasia"

19th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Osseointegration, San Francisco, CA

October 27, 2004

"The Road to Board Certification" Annual Meeting of the American College

of Prosthodontists, Ottawa, Canada

Bibliography

Research Publications, peer-reviewed:

Petropoulos, V.C., Smith, W., Kousvelari, E. Comparison of the retention

and release periods for implant overdenture attachments.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 12:176-185, 1997.

Petropoulos, V.C., Weintraub, A., Weintraub, G. Predoctoral fixed

prosthodontics curriculum survey. J Prosthodont 7:183-191, 1998.

Petropoulos, V.C., Weintraub, A., Weintraub, G., The dental student as a technician:

Preclinical and clinical laboratory programs in fixed prosthodontics.

J Prosthodont 10:164-169, 2001.

Petropoulos, V.C., Smith, W. Maximum dislodging forces of implant overdenture

stud attachments. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 17:526-535, 2002.

Porter, J., Petropoulos, V.C., Brunski, J. Comparison of load distribution for

implant overdenture attachments. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 17:651-662, 2002.

Balshi, T.J., Wolfinger, G.J., Petropoulos, V.C. Quadruple zygomatic implant support

for retreatment of resorbed iliac crest bone graft transplant. Implant Dent 12:47-53, 2003.

Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Preclinical complete dentures curriculum survey.

J Prosthodont 12:37-46, 2003.

Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Preclinical removable partial dentures curriculum

survey. J Prosthodont 12:116-123, 2003.

Rashedi, B., Abt, J.B., Petropoulos, V.C. Survey of recently board-certified

prosthodontists on the board certification process. Part 1: Demographics.

J Prosthodont 12:124-132, 2003.

Rashedi, B., Abt, J.B., Petropoulos, V.C. Survey of recently board-certified

prosthodontists on the board-certification process. Part 2: Preparation and impact.

J Prosthodont 12:211-218, 2003.

Petropoulos, V.C., Rashedi, B. Current concepts and techniques in complete denture

final impression procedures. J Prosthodont 12:280-287, 2003.

Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Current concepts for determining the posterior

palatal seal in complete dentures. J Prosthodont 12:265-270, 2003.

Petropoulos, V.C., Balshi, T.J., Balshi, S.F., Wolfinger, G.J. Extractions, implant

placement, and immediate loading of mandibular implants: A case report of a functional

fixed prosthesis in 5 hours. Implant Dent 12:283-290, 2003.

Petropoulos, V.C., Wolfinger, G.J., Balshi, T.J. Complications of Mandibular Molar Replacement with a Single Implant: A Case Report J Can Dent Assoc 70:238-242, 2004.

Petropoulos, V.C., Balshi ,T.J., Balshi, S. F., Wolfinger G. J. Treatment of a Patient with Cleidocranial Dysplasia Using Osseointegrated Implnats: A Patient Report. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 19:282-287,2004.

Petropoulos, V.C., Rashedi, B. Complete denture education in U.S. dental schools.

J Prosthodont 2004; (in press)

Petropoulos, V.C., Rashedi, B. Removable partial denture education in U.S. dental schools.

J Prosthodont 2004; (in press)

Lim, V.C., Afsharzand, Z., Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Predoctoral implant education

in U.S. dental schools. J Prosthodont 2004; (in press)

Afsharzand, Z., Lim V.C., Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Dentist communication

with dental laboratories for prosthodontic treatment using implants. J Prosthodont 2004;

(in press)

Afsharzand, Z., Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Communication between the dental laboratory technician and dentist: Work authorizations for fixed partial dentures. J Prosthodont 2004;

(in press)

Abstracts:

Petropoulos, V.C. A comparative study on the retention of implant overdenture attachments.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 10:126, 1995.

Petropoulos, V.C., Smith, W., Kousvelari, E. Comparison of the retention and release

periods of implant overdenture attachments. J Dent Res 75: 184, 1996.

Petropoulos, V.C., Mante, M.,Smith, W. Consistency of grading in preclinical fixed

prosthodontics. J Dent Res 76:210, 1997.

Petropoulos, V.C., Mante, F., Singer, M., Lee, K., Assioun, P. Degradation of sealed soft

reline materials. J Dent Res 77: 358, 1998.

Petropoulos, V.C., Mante, F., Smith, W. Comparative study on retention of newer generation implant overdenture attachments. J Dent Res 77: 838, 1998.

Petropoulos, V.C., Porter, J., Brunski, J.B. Comparative study of the load distribution of

various attachments on implant retained overdentures. J Dent Res 79:297, 2000.

Petropoulos, V.C. Comparison of load distribution for implant retained overdenture

attachments. J Prosthodont 9:179, 2000.

Petropoulos, V.C. Maximum dislodging force of implant overdenture stud attachments.

J Prosthodont 10:196, 2001.

Petropoulos, V.C. Breakaway energy (deformation energies) and breakaway forces

for implant overdenture stud attachments. J Dent Res 81:157, 2002.

Petropoulos, V.C., Wolfinger, G.J., Balshi, T.J. A comparative study of one implant versus

two implants to replace a single molar: A nine-year study. J Prosthodont 11:330, 2002.

Rashedi, B., Petropoulos, V.C. Preclinical complete dentures curriculum survey.

J Prosthodont 11:331, 2002.

Petropoulos, V.C., Wolfinger, G.J, Balshi, T.J., Lindström, H. A comparative study of

one implant versus two implants replacing a single molar: A 12-year study.

Int J of Oral Maxillofac Implants 18:614, 2003.

Petropoulos, V.C., Williams, B.H., Ochiai, K.T., Caputo, A.A. Load transfer by

implant-retained maxillary overdentures with attachments of different retention levels.

J Dent Res 82:B-254, 2003.

Petropoulos, V.C., Balshi ,T.J., Wolfinger, G.J., Balshi, S. Osseointegrated Implants in the

Treatment of Cleidocranial Dysplasia. Int J of Oral Maxillofac Implants 2004; (in press)

Miscellaneous Bibliography:

Petropoulos, V.C., Smith, W., Kousvelari, E. Comparison of the retention

and release periods for implant overdenture attachments (Chapter 9) in Meskin,

L.H., Berry T.G., Jeffcoat, M.K., Leinfelder K.F., Roser, S.M., Summitt, J.B.,

Zakariasen, K.L., (Eds.) 1998 Year Book in Dentistry, Mosby Publishers, St. Louis, 1998.

Alternative Media:

July 2002 "Root-Supported Overdentures" University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and Intelihealth Dental Professionals Online Network

http://ipn.intelihealth.com/IPN/

"Oral Rehabilitation of the Mandibular Edentulous Arch Using Implant Attachments"

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and Intelihealth

Dental Professionals Online Network http://ipn.intelihealth.com/IPN/

Other:

Certification in the following implant systems for restorative procedures:

Astra Tech, Calcitek, Corevent, 3I, ITI, Nobel Biocare (both surgical and restorative)

1997, 2002 Reviewer for Mosby Publishers, second and third editions of Rosentstiel/Land,

Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics

Grants:

1996 August Comparative Study of the Wear of Implant Overdenture Attachments,

University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation, $5000

1997 June Comparative Study of the Load Distribution of Various Attachments on

Implant-Retained Overdentures, University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation, $5000

2003 January Investigative Treatment of a Patient with Cleidocranial Dysplasia Using Dental Implants,

Academy of Osseointegration Foundation, $4000