Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas joins the DESS® family as a new Opinion Leader

This May, we welcome Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas as a new DESS Opinion Leader. He is a specialist in Implantology, Digital Dentistry and Periodontology. He currently runs his own dental clinic "Karatzeas Dental Care" in Kalamata (Greece).

Dr. Karatzeas not only has a solid career in the sector, but it was in the family setting that he first felt a calling to dentistry. In the section below, we look at his career, highlighting the most important milestones in his training and professional development.

Academic and clinical background in digital dentistry

His father, Spyros Karatzeas, was instrumental in awakening in him a deep passion for dentistry. In 2009, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and made the leap to the dental sector: he moved to the United States and enrolled in the pre-dental program at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

After graduating in 2013, he returned to Europe and enrolled in the Department of Dentistry at the Medical University of Sofia. During this apprenticeship, he obtained the training and knowledge needed to develop professionally in the field of dentistry.

Clinical specialisms of Dr Karatzeas

In 2018, Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas served in the military as a dentist at the 401st Military Hospital in Athens (Greece). This experience gave him the necessary background to start his own practice: Karatzeas Dental Care (2020).

The clinic specializes in high aesthetic dental restorations - such as crowns, bridges and veneers - as well as oral implantology. It also has its own dental laboratory, which allows it to control and optimize all dental restorations.

Committed to quality and connected to DESS®

DESS® and Dr. Karatzeas share two core values: innovation and prosthetic precision in every restoration. While Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas is committed to providing the best treatment for his clients, DESS® provides the most precise systems, based on high-quality controls.

Below, we take a closer look at the key aspects of this collaboration, including the clinical cases and webinars that are already underway.

DESS® components in Dr. Karatzeas' practice

Dr. Karatzeas incorporates various DESS® components into his treatments, focusing on versatile, high-quality solutions. The products that form part of his daily practice include:

  • CONICAL BLT implants: primary stability, self-tapping design and compatible with Straumann® Bone Level surgical protocols.
  • Ti-Bases, used in screw-retained multilayer zirconia restorations, designed and milled in-house.
  • Scan abutments: allowing him to perform digital workflows from the intraoral impression to final delivery of the prosthesis.

 

Clinical cases by Dr. Karatzeas with DESS implants

Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas has shown his commitment to DESS® and to all professionals in the field. You can view some of his clinical cases on our website:

  • Case 1: Placement of DESS® CONICAL BLT implants after removing a fixed bridge: a fixed bridge was removed and two DESS® CONICAL BLT implants were then positioned, culminating in a 3-unit screw-retained restoration in multilayer zirconia on DESS® Ti-bases.

See full clinical case 1

  • Case 2: Positioning of a DESS® CONICAL BLT implant at tooth 13 post-extraction: We document the atraumatic extraction of tooth 13 and the immediate positioning of a CONICAL BLT implant, subsequently restored with an esthetic crown on a DESS® titanium abutment.

See full clinical case 2

 

Upcoming events by Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas with DESS®

As part of his collaboration with DESS®, Dr. Karatzeas will hold a webinar on 18 June. Not only will you have the chance to learn more about CONICAL BLT implants, but you will also be able to discover in detail how he approaches prosthetic restorations in his daily practice.

Register here: CONICAL BLT Webinar: Mastering everyday implant cases.

In addition to this first webinar, Dr. Karatzeas will continue to actively participate with DESS® in future educational initiatives. He will soon conduct further clinical events where he will share his expertise in digital implant dentistry, immediate restorations and the advanced use of DESS® components.

A KOL driving the future of digital dentistry with DESS®

We are proud to have Dr. Nikolaos S. Karatzeas as part of our international network of KOLs. His experience, commitment to quality and digital approach bring significant value to the DESS® community.

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