Prof. Dr. Hakan ÖZYUVACI DDS,PhD

Professor Dr. Hakan Özyuvacı was born in Istanbul in 1964. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry in 1987. In the same year he started his doctorate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. He completed his Ph.D. in 1992 with his thesis titled “Experimental Investigation of Biomechanical and Histological Changes in Bone Structure after the Placement of Hydroxylapatite”. In 1996 he received his title of associate professor. Hakan Özyuvacı, a professor in 2006, has opened a dental surgery and implantology clinic named DENTAL FORUM ISTANBUL COMPREHENSIVE ORAL AND DENTAL HEALTH CLINIC in the same date. Since 2008, he has been the representative of Turkey in BDIZ-EDI (European Implantology Association). Professor Dr. Hakan Özyuvacı’s academic interests are; biomaterials, basic oral implantology, implant applications in cancer and defective patients, advanced surgical techniques in oral implantology (sinus lifting, single and double cortical autogenous graft applications etc.) and immediate implant applications. There are more than 100 articles published in national and international journals. He gave many conferences on implantology at national and international meetings and served as an instructor in courses. He is a member of Turkish Dental Association, Turkish Oral Implantology Association, Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Association, Turkish Endodontics Association and Osseointegration Academy Association.