Demetrios J. Halazonetis

Demetrios Halazonetis is Professor and Chair at the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He received his dental education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1979 – 1984) and his orthodontic training at the Orthodontic Department of Tufts University, Boston, USA, where he also completed a Master’s of Science course. He concluded a doctoral thesis at the University of Athens in 1994. He has been in private practice of orthodontics in Athens, Greece, since 1987. Professor Halazonetis has published more than 60 scientific research papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of the Viewbox cephalometric software and Associate Editor of the Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. His research interests and areas of expertise include cephalometrics, imaging, computed tomography, facial aesthetics and application of geometric morphometric methods to analysis of craniofacial shape.