Laura Andreeva, DDS, MDS, PhD, DSc


Laura Andreeva, DDS, MDS, PhD, DSc
Laura Andreeva is President of the Bulgarian Orthodontic Society and President of the Balkan Association of Orthodontic Specialist for 2020.

She is Head of the Orthodontics Department and Vice-dean in the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia.

Position: Head of Orthodontics Department

Affiliation: Medical University – Faculty of Dental Medicine – Sofia, Department of Orthodontics



Education:

1983 Dental Medicine, Master Degree (DDS)

1990 Master’s degree in Social Medicine and Health Management (MSc)

1992 Orthodontics, Master Degree (MSc)

1996 Resident program in the Orthodontics Department of the University of Liege, Belgium

2003 Educational and Scientific Degree (PhD)

2005 Master’s degree in General dentistry (MSc)

2017 Doctor of Science degree (DSc)



Teaching Activities:

2016 and at present Professor, Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria

2013 and at present Head of the Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria

2006 – 2015 Associate professor, Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria

1995 – 2005 Clinical professor for resident’s program in Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria

1992 – 1995 Senior assistant, Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria

1990 Assistant in Department of Orthodontics, FDM – Sofia, Bulgaria



Scientific activities:

Editor in chief of Orthodontic review

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Dental Medicine

Member of the Editorial Board of Dental Magazine



Professional membership

BgDA – Bulgarian Dental Association

BSSDM – Bulgarian Scientific Society of Dental Medicine

BlgOS – Bulgarian Orthodontic Society (Current President)

BSLO – Bulgarian Society of Lingual Orthodontics

BAOS – Balkan Association of Orthodontic Specialists (President 2020)

EOS – European Orthodontic Society

WFO – World Federation of Orthodontists



Languages:

English

French



Research interests:

Dental arch dynamics; long-term retention after orthodontic treatment; growth and development of the dentition; physiological potential for space gain in the dental arch; myofunctional factors of occlusal stability.