INVITED SPEAKERS

INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Dr. Süleyman BOZKAYA

He was born in Bolvadin / AFYON in 1976. He completed his primary, middle and high school education in Bolvadin and started his undergraduate education at Gazi University Faculty of Dentistry in 1992. He completed his undergraduate education in 1997 and started his doctorate education in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases and Surgery at the same faculty. He presented his doctoral thesis on “Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Deproteinized and Demineralized Bone Grafts on Bone Healing” in 2005 and served as a Dr. Research Assistant in the same department until 2011. He was appointed as a Lecturer in 2011 and was appointed as an Assistant Professor in 2013. He received the title of Associate Professor in 2015 and continued his studies in the same Department until July 2020. He worked at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Dentistry between 24.08.2020 and 01.04.2022. He received the title of Professor in October 2022 and still continues at Istanbul Health and Technology University Faculty of Dentistry. He is a member of Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Association and International Team for Implantology (ITI) associations. He has been working in ITI Turkey & Azerbaijan Section as an ITI Fellow since 2011. Advanced implant surgery and crest augmentation techniques surgical applications are among his areas of interest. Prof. Dr. Süleyman BOZKAYA is married and has two children.

Prof. Dr. Mine DÜNDAR ÇÖMLEKOĞLU

She graduated from Ege University Faculty of Dentistry in 1997. In 2003, she completed his doctorate in Ege University Health Sciences Institute, Department of Prosthodontics, and earned the title of PhD degree. She received the title of Associate Professor in 2009 and was promoted to Professor in 2014. She is still working as a lecturer at Ege University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics. Her foreign language is English. She has articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, and national and international research awards. She is an editor and a member of referee boards in international refereed journals. Her academic interests include dental materials and adhesive dentistry, digital dentistry applications and implant prosthetics.

Doç. Dr. Hicran DÖNMEZ ÖZKAN

She was born in Samsun in 1983. She started his dentistry education at Ege University Faculty of Dentistry in 2002 and completed it in 2008 and received the title of Dentist. In 2009, she started his postgraduate education at Ege University, Department of Endodontics. She received the title of “Dr. Med. Dent” in 2013 by completing her thesis titled “The effect of different irrigation systems and techniques on debris removal in artificial canals”. In 2014, she started to work as an Assistant Professor at Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics. She received the title of “Associate Professor” on 25.08.2021 and was appointed to the staff of Associate Professor in the same year. She has many articles published nationally and internationally. She still continues to work actively as a faculty member at Adnan Menderes University, and at the same time, she treats patients in a private clinic.

Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Esra TALAY ÇEVLİK

She was born in 1986 in Aydın. She graduated from Konya Selçuk University Faculty of Dentistry in 2010. In 2015, she completed her postgraduate education in the Department of Prosthodontics at Konya Selçuk University Health Sciences Institute. In 2017, she started to work as an Assistant Professor at Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics. Her foreign language is English. She has publications in national and international scientific journals. Her academic interests are adhesive restorations and implant prosthetics. She is married and mother of a daughter.

Dr. Dt. Alp Abidin ATEŞCİ

Dr. Alp Abidin Ateşçi graduated from Başkent University Faculty of Dentistry in 2014. Later, he started his postgraduate education in the Department of Pedodontics at Ege University Health Sciences Institute in 2014 and completed it in 2019. He has been working in the private practice since 2019 and has been working in his own clinic since 2021. His areas of interest are regenerative endodontic treatments, vital pulp treatments, dental traumatology and pediatric zirconia crowns. He has publications in national and international indexes; He has served as a reviewer for national journals. He is an active member of Turkish Society of Paediatric Dentistry.

Dr. Armin MOKHTARI TAVANA

Armin MOKHTARI TAVANA was born in Tabriz, Iran in 1990. He was awarded the Degree of Dental Science (DDS) by Azerbaijan Medical University, Faculty of Dentistry in 2012.He completed his 3-year training program in the specialty of Therapeutic Dentistry (Endodontic and Restorative Dentistry) at Azerbaijan Medical University and was awarded an MSc in Gnathology and Interdisciplinary Dentistry Prosthodontics at Vienna Medical University, Faculty of Dentistry in Austria and an MSc in Restorative Dentistry at Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry in Turkey. He held the position of Chef in Oral Surgery and Multidisciplinary Dentistry Department at Azerbaijan Medical University. He has publications in national and international journals and has lectured in national and international conferences. In addition, he has lectured Post-graduate and Master Courses. (Dental Photography, Digital Dentistry and Digital Smile Design, Treatment, and management of Temporomandibular Disorders Patients). He is currently an active member and a registered speaker of Vienna Interdisciplinary Dentistry (Viesid), member of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS), Restorative Dentistry Association of Turkey (RDD), Turkish Prosthodontics and Implantology Association (TPID), Affiliate Member of American Dental Association (ADA).

Doç. Dr. Hacer AKSEL

She has been an assistant professor at the University of Buffalo Dentistry since 2018. She completed his postgraduate thesis at Hacettepe University Endodontics Department in 2016. In 2014, she worked at the University of Tennessee with a TÜBİTAK overseas doctoral scholarship in in vitro and in vivo studies on dental pulp and dentin tissue regeneration. Her research interests are on biomaterials, endodontic irrigation and medicaments, root canal filling materials and regenerative endodontics. Her work in the field of regenerative endodontics was supported by the American Endodontic Society in 2019. She has publications in national and international scientific journals. She has served as a referee in journals such as International Endodontic Journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, Australian Endodontic Journal, Clinical Oral Investigation, Scientific Reports, and is one of the assistant editors of the Turkish Endodontic Journal.

Doç. Dr. Hasan Ali DAL

Hasan Ali Dal was born in 1979 in Izmir, completed his education at Torbalı Kuşçuburun Primary School (Primary School) between 1985-1990, Torbalı Gazi Primary School (Middle School) between 1990-1993 and Torbalı High School between 1994-1996. He graduated from Ege University Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences in 1996 and completed his undergraduate education in 2000. He started his master’s education under the supervision of Günay TAŞ and received the title of Astronomer in 2003 with the thesis titled ” Ultrafast rotator single star”. In 2003, he started his doctorate education at the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Ege University and completed his doctorate in 2009 with the thesis of ” Flare characters and stellar spot activity of red dwarfs” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Serdar EVREN. Hasan Ali Dal speaks English at a good level and has a coordinator in 18 different national and international projects. He received the title of Associate Professor in his field on 24.10.2014 and has been working at the Ege University Observatory Application and Research Center Director since 2016.