Department of Periodontology and Oral mucosa Diseases

Academic Staff

Associate professor Blagovesta Konstantinova Yaneva, DMD, PhD – Head of the department

Phone: 032 200 856
e-mail: [email protected]
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professor Elena Ilieva Firkova, DMD, PhD

Phone: 032 200 855
e-mail: [email protected]
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Chief Assistant Professor Nikola Vladimirov Stamenov, DMD, PhD – Administration coordinarot, Health and safety labore coordinatons coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Yana Borisova Dermendzhieva, DMD, Educational activities coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Chief Assistant Professor Maria Zaharieva Mutafchieva, DMD, PhD – Science and Research activities coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Chief Assistant Professor Stilyana Angelova Krasteva, DMD, PhD

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Chief Assistant Professor Ivan Venkov Nachkov, DMD, MD, PhD- Fire Safety coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Margarita Strahilova Hadzhieva, DMD – Online education coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Lilia Borislavova Kavlakova, DMD, PhD – Quality of education coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Petar Vaskov Shentov, DMD, doctorate candidate – Treatment activities coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Dimitar Georgiev Bogoev , DMD – Web coordinator

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Assistant Professor Elena Dimitrova Atanasova, DMD – International Cooperation and Project Activity coordinator, Erasmus

Phone: 032 200 852
e-mail: [email protected]
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Research

The department of Periodontology and oral disease conducts scientific research in the following key fields:

• Diseases of the periodontal tissues, the oral mucosa and the peri-implant tissues
• Contemporary methods of treatment of the desquamative gingivitis
• Immunobiological properties of low intensity laser radiation
• Antimicrobial activity of certain strains of oral microbiota against periodontal pathogenic flora
• Laser-assisted therapy of periimplantitis lesions
• Non-invasive methods of investigation of oral cancerous lesions
• Photodynamic therapy in the nonsurgical treatment of periodontal disease

For the period of 2016-2020, the department has taken initiative in the organization of the following international congresses and symposia:

• 7th International Dental Laser Academy, Plovdiv – 31.03 – 02.04.2016
• 8th International Dental Laser Academy, Plovdiv – 30.03 – 01.04.2017
• 9th International Dental Laser Academy, Plovdiv – 22.03 – 23.03.2018
• 17th International congress of ISLD (International Society for Laser Dentistry), Plovdiv, 06.06 – 08.06.2019

For the period of 2016 – 2020, members of the academical staff of the department had participated in nine scientific projects, of which:

• The national scientific programme of the Ministry of education and science (MES) – Project № BG05M2OP001-2.009-0025; Science and education for intelligent growth. Participants: Dr. Mariya Mutafchieva, d.m.; Dr. Blagovesta Yaneva, d.m.
• The scientific research fund of the Ministry of education and science (MES) – “Support for international science forums” № КП-06-МНФ/ 12 – 14.12.2018, Project lead: Assoc.prof. Dr. Georgi Tomov, d.m.
• Internal university projects :
  • СДП-01/2015-2016; „Early diagnostics of lesions of the oral mucosa in geriatric patients; Head of research: Prof. Dr. Elka Popova; Lead researcher: Dr. N.Nikolov
  • СДП-17/2015-2016;„Laser assisted therapy of periimplantitis lesions (physical, microbiological, SEM analysis); Head of research: Prof. Dr. P.Zagorchev, Prof. Dr. E.Popova; Lead researcher: Dr. I.Nachkov
  • НО-03/2014-2016; “Applications of LLLT-therapy with diode laser (810 nm) for lichen planus lesions – immunobiological effects. Head of research: Prof. P.Zagorchev; Lead researchers: Dr. M.Draganova – Filipova; Dr. M.Mutafchieva.
  • СДП-04/2017; “Investigation of the antimicrobial activity of probiotic strains of lactobacillus against periodontal pathogens” Head of research: Dr. B.Yaneva; Lead researcher: Dr. Y. Dermendzhieva
  • СДП-06/2019; “Applications of IMPLACURE in the surgical treatment of moderate and severe periimplantitis” Head of research: Dr. N. Stamenov; Lead researcher: Dr. I. Nachkov.
  • ДПДП-04/2019; “Application of antibacterial photodynamic therapy in the non-surgical treatment of moderate chronic periodontitis” Head of research: Assoc.prof. Georgi Tomov; Lead researcher: Dr. M.Tanev “
  • ДПДП/3/2019; “Radiographic analysis of the alveolar bone structures in cross-bite teeth with gingival recession” Head of research: Prof. E.Popova; Assoc.prof. S.Krysteva; Lead researcher: Dr. S. Krysteva

Assoc.prof. Georgi Tomov is a member of the executive board of ISLD (International society for laser dentistry) – https://isldlaser.com/about/ ; and guest-lecturer in the laser dentistry master’s programme at The Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/short-courses/search-courses/fellowship-laser-dentistry)

Textbooks

For the period 2016-2020, members of the department (independently or in panel) have participated in the production of the following editions:

1. Tomov G, Belcheva A. Laser Applications in Dental Medicine. Textbook for the students’ elective subject “Laser dentistry”, MUP, 2018;
2. Фиркова Е. Fundamentals of Periodontology. Учебник, Пловдив, 2019;
3. Фиркова Е. Multiple Choice Questions for Fundamentals of Periodontology. Сборник с тестове, Plovdiv, 2019;
4. Кръстева А., Вл. Панов, М. Денчева, М. Балчева, Г. Томов, Я. Истаткова. Протоколна тетрадка по орална патология, София, 2020;
5. Krasteva A., Vl. Panov, M. Dencheva, M. Balcheva, G. Tomov, Y. Istatkova. Notebook of Oral pathology, Sofia, 2020.

Publications

For the period of 2016-2020, members of the department have participated in issuing of 77 publications (27 of which referred in Scopus and Web of Science and 50 issued in non-referred editions). For the same period, the department produced 68 scientific announcements (35 of which in international forums), while the scientific activity of the department received 125 citations (98 of which from foreign authors)

Monographs

For the period of 2016-2020, members of the department (independently or in panel) have participated in issuing of the following editions:

1. S. Tzanova, G.Tomov et al. – “Oral health in drug addicted patients”, Plovdiv 2011

2. A. Belcheva, Tomov G. – “Hard tooth structures in health and pathology – SEM Atlas, MU-Plovdiv, 2018

Dissertations

For the period of 2001 – 2020, members of the department have successfully finished the following dissertations:

• Popova E. “Stomatitis subprothetica – paths of diagnostics, directions for etiologic treatment”, Plovdiv 2001
• Firkova E. “Root surface treatment in chronic periodontitis” Plovdiv 2005
• Tomov G. “Irrigation of infected root canals” Plovdiv 2009
• Krystev B. “Minimally invasive non-surgical and surgical approach in the regeneration of infrabony periodontal defects”, Plovdiv 2012
• Yaneva B. “Applications of ER:YAG lasers in the treatment of moderate chronic periodontitis”, Plovdiv 2014
• Stamenov N. “Oral piercing and oral health” Plovdiv 2015
• Mutafchieva M. “Immunobiological effects of LLLT-laser therapy in the treatment of oral lichen planus. Experimental, laboratory and clinical investigations” Plovdiv 2018
• Krysteva S. “The role of morphological risk factors in cross-bite teeth with gingival recession in the anterior segment” Plovdiv 2019
• Nikolov N. “Non-invasive methods for early diagnostics of oral precancerous lesions” Plovdiv 2019