1. CURRICULUM VITAE
VASILIA PAPALEONTIOU
Flat 308, Marina Quay West Email: vasilia.papaleontiou@gmail.com
Dubai Marina, 29588 Contact no: 0526781273
Dubai, UAE
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Year 2015: Intenational Team of Implantology(ITI), CCLC Dubai
 Certificate in Implant Dentistry
Year 2014: Wimpole Medical Centre: Introduction to Botox and Dermal Fillers
Year 2012-2013: UCL Eastman Dental Institute-Postgraduate Course
 Certificate in Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry(PG-Cert)
Year 2011-2012: Faculty of Dental Surgery, the Royal College of Surgeons of England
 Diploma of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties (MJDF RCS Eng)
Year 2005-2010: Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry
 Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) Degree
WORK EXPERIENCE
Year 2012-2015: General Dental Practice-Torrance Dental Care and Bluebell Dental Practice
 Working as a general dental practitioner providing dental care in a mixed NHS and Private practice
in all dental disciplines
 Attending Continuous Professional Development courses in the practice with fellow colleagues
involving problem solving of dental cases and discussing ways to improve quality of treatment in the
practice
Year 2011-2012: Dental Foundation Training Year 2
 Worked at Birmingham Dental Hospital, attending joint Consultant clinics and treating patients in
departments of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Paediatric
and Orthodontic Dentistry and Primary Care Emergency
 Continuous Professional Development through study day programmes on a monthly basis
 Audit project- “Number of Dry Sockets treated in our Primary Care Department”
 Case presentation at the Northern Oral Medicine Conference at Leeds- “Lichen planus in a child”
 Poster Presentation at the British Society of Prosthodontic Dentistry Conference at Liverpool 2012
“Mandibular Reconstruction using composite fibula flap and fixed implant retained prosthesis”
Year 2010-2011: Dental Foundation Training Year 1
 Worked as a General Dental Practitioner at Dawley Dental Practice(NHS and Private)
 Carried out clinical audits( medical history, infection control) and risk assessment in our practice
 Attendance to study days involving Continuous Professional Development courses on a weekly basis
 Preparation of my portfolio of clinical excellence with reports on Medical Emergencies, Infection
Control, Dental Radiography, Clinical Record keeping, Legislation and Good Practice regulations
Year 2005-2010: Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry
 Attendance to Consultant Clinics, Dental Emergency Clinics, Oral Surgery, Restorative,
Periodontics, Orthodontics, Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Child Oral Health and
Prosthodontics. Dental treatment carried out under Conscious Sedation, Local and General
Anaesthesia. Dental radiology sessions, Dental Public Health and Basic Life Support

2. Year 2007-2008: Southend and Barkantine Academic Dental Clinics
 Outreach dental experience which included treatment of 5-6 patients on a daily basis (duration: 5
weeks)
 Working along with a dental nurse, development of managereal and communication skills
Year 2004-2005: Gap year-Clinical experience at Dental Surgeries in Cyprus
 Attendance at my father’s dental surgery and at Laspos Orthodontic Centre in Cyprus, observing the
provision of general dental care and orthodontics.
 Both experiences have enabled me to be introduced to the dental environment and increased my
knowledge and understanding on what the dental profession involves
DEVELOPMENT: Elective Project
 July 2009: Elective experience at the Orthodontics-Orthognathic Surgery Department at Queen
Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, London including attendance to joint clinics and observation of
surgical procedures.
 Elective report on the use of fixed appliances and surgery to provide Orthodontic treatment to
patients with cleft lip and palate.
 Exposure to the management of challenging cases made me more confident in decision making and
more methodical in my treatment planning.
SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 High Achievers Award by Lanition Lyceum A’
 President of Interact Club of Famagusta in Cyprus (2004-2005) working on projects and fund
raising for charity, improving my leadership and team building skills
 Events officer at Queen Mary’s Cypriot Society Committee (2006-2008), organising events and
working in a team, taught me how to share ideas and opinions with other people
IT skills:
 Excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook and dentist-user
programs such as e-portfolio and DentistPro,Exact
Languages skills: Greek (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate)
INTERESTS
 Dancing and Choreography: Ballet and contemporary dancing for 13 years, achieving distinctions in
all years. Performed “The Nutcracker” in 2004, member of “Ballet of Cyprus” and currently
attending hip-hop classes in London
 Olympic gymnastics, achieving first prize-gold medals in 3 competitions
 Piano, tennis and travelling
REFERENCES
(1) Dr Hugh H Tyrrell (2) Konstantina Dina Dedi DipDS, MS, FACP
Dental Foundation trainer Diplomate American Board of Prosthodontics
hugh@dawleydental.co.uk Specialist in Prosthodontics
Contact no: +44(0)1952505120/+44(0)7703558605 Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow
Dawley Dental Practice Director, Aesthetic Dentistry Programmes
82,King Street d.dedi@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Dawley, Telford Contact no: +44(0)2079051238
TF4 2AH UCL Eastman Dental Institute,
UK 123 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8WD