Dr. Papasikos is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson Dental School. He completed a post graduate residency in Periodontics at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) in 1983.

Dr. Papasikos has served as Chief of Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Endodontics at Mountainside Hospital.  He has served as an instructor at the dental residency programs at Morristown Memorial Hospital, Mountainside Hospital and Overlook Hospital and a past Clinical Instructor at UMDNJ School of Dentistry.

Dr. Papasikos has been selected by his peers as one of New Jersey's top periodontists by New Jersey Monthly Magazine several years running..

Dr. Papasikos performs periodontal plastic surgery using lasers, gum grafts Pinhole gum grafts and implants to enhance and rebuild smiles. He is a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Association, American Academy of Osseointegration, Northeastern Society of Periodontists, New Jersey Dental Association, New Jersey Society of Periodontists, West Essex Dental Association, Associated Physicians of Montclair and the Morris Seminars Study Club.

Dr. Papasikos certified and trained in Pinhole Surgical Technique, Lanap Laser Surgery, Wilckodontics, SFOT (surgically facilitated orthodontic treatment) and PAOO (Periodontally Accelerated Orthodontics).