Lecturer

Dr. Anna Maria Yiannikos DDS, LSO, M.Sc., MBA

She has the privilege of being one of the few dental practitioners with an MBA degree and has been practicing dentistry for more than 20 years in Cyprus. She is a pioneer in the field of Dental Lasers and Cosmetic Dentistry. Her Clinical Research about Dental Lasers received a Golden Award in ISLD Congress in Berlin 2006. Furthermore Dr. Anna-Maria Yiannikos has 2 Master Degrees one in Lasers (MSc. 2006) and one in Business Administration (MBA, 2009) and is an Adjunct Faculty Member of AALZ at RWTH Aachen University Campus.

Scientific Activity

Master’s Thesis Title for Master of Science                                                                

Clinical Evaluation of Nd: Yag Laser Combined with Scaling and Root Planning for the Treatment of Moderate Periodontitis. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study’,  Aachen 2006  

Master’s Thesis Title for Master of Business Administration                                      

‘The plan to create a new dental polyclinic in Nicosia area’, Cyprus 2009

Publications & Magazines                                                                                                    

‘Clinical Evaluation of Nd: Yag Laser Combined with Scaling and Root Planning for the Treatment of Moderate Periodontitis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study’, Laser,2 2012; vol 4,12-14

• Dentistry iQ Magazine                                     
• Laser – International Magazine of Laser Dentistry, Read latest article..                               
• RDH – The national magazine for dental hygiene professional                                
• WorlDental.org – Dental Health Magazine                                                                 
• Phileleutheros – Newspaper Cyprus
• GOLD Magazine by IN Business

Oral Presentations in Congresses

Egypt, 2014 – 19th Alexandria International Dental Congress (AIDC) “The power of scientific knowledge and strategic business planning for dentists”, Alexandria Egypt, October 2014

Lebanon 2014 – 24th Beirut International Dental Meeting 2014 (BIDM) Dentist in Business: Let’s face it we are not only dentists, we are also running a business! Beirut, Lebanon, September 2014

Germany 2014 – 2nd International World Academy for Laser Education & Research in Dentistry Congress (WALED), Attracting and retaining A star employees in our high-tech laser clinics, Aachen, Germany, May 2014

Germany, 2006 – ‘Clinical Evaluation of Nd: Yag Laser Combined with Scaling and Root Planning for the Treatment of Moderate Periodontitis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study.’ International Congress for Lasers in Dentistry (ISLD),Berlin,

Cyprus, 2006 – ‘Use of Low- and High-Level Laser as Adjunct Therapy for the Treatment of Moderate Periodontitis’, 6th World Congress for Photo medicine and Low Level Laser Therapy, Limassol,

France, 2007 – ‘Comparing the use of Nd:Yag Laser and LED Curing Light for Tooth Whitening’,1st meeting of the European Division of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry, Nice,

Dubai 2010 – ‘How to design a Dental patient satisfaction survey’, 12th congress of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry,

Keynote Speaker

• International Congress for Lasers in Dentistry (ISLD) Berlin Germany 2006
• 6thWorld Congress for Photo Medicine and Low Level Laser Therapy Limassol, Cyprus, 2006
• 11th congress of the World Federation for Laser Dentistry, Hong Kong, China,  2008 
• 1st International Implant & Laser Congress of GLOBAL & WALED  Istanbul. Turkey 2014

Other Certifications & Awards

• Oct. 2014 Registered as a dentist with the UK General Dental Council Registration Number : 254105
• November 2013 Honorary award for participation at the 1st International Implant & Laser Congress of GLOBAL & WALED , Istanbul, Turkey
• Oct 2011 The first owner of a Dental clinic in Cyprus that her practice was accredited with the ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001
• Mar 2011 International Aesthetic Week, New York University, U.S.A
• 1st semester of 2010 Organizer and Lecturer of 4 seminars for Laser Safety Officer Course 
• January 2008 Academic Co-Worker of AALZ/RWTH Aachen University hospital of the Marketing Module in the Master Course in Lasers in Dentistry
• May 2006 Awarded the prize for the best clinical research at the International Congress for Lasers in Dentistry in Berlin
• May 2006 Chosen as the Cyprus Representative at the ISLD Congress
• Sept. 2004 Certified as an expert for laser safety
• 2003-2004 Member of the board of HELSOLA (Hellenic Society for Oral Laser Applications)