Professor Sıdıka Sinem Akdeniz(DDS, PhD) was born in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. She received her dentistry degree from Hacettepe University in the year 2007. She completed PhD program of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Başkent University in 2011. She worked as an observer in University College of London Hospital during her PhD education.She worked on The Assessment of Dose Related Effects of Nitrogen Containing Bisphosphonates on Oral Mucosa Cell Culture for her PhD thesis. She continued working in Başkent university first as a specialist and then in the academic staff after she received her PhD degree. 

Currently, she has worked as a professor and the department chair of Baskent University Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery since 2021. She is a member of Turkish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (TAOMS), ACBID and International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, is a member of board of management of ACBİD and is in organizing and education committee of ACBİD Resident School.

Professor Akdeniz also gives private courses on advanced implantology, alveolar bone augmentation techniques and orthognathic surgery in various educational organizations.

Temporomandibular joint disorders’ clinical and surgical treatment, trauma, orthognathic surgery, and surgical treatment of maxillofacial pathologies, dentoalveolar surgery, dental implantology and alveolar reconstruction techniques are among her special areas of interest.

Prof.Dr.Benlidayı graduated from Çukurova University Faculty of Dentistry in 2001. He completed his doctorate and specialization training in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the same faculty in 2008. He visited London King's College Hospital Maxillofacial Surgery Department in 2006 and Salzburg Paracelsus Medical University Maxillofacial Surgery Department in 2014 and engaged in clinical and academic activities.

He undertook the task of course director at the Çukurova Orthognatic Surgery Days and Cadaver Course, which was held for the first time in 2016 and for the second time in 2018 in Türkiye.

Prof.Dr.M.Emre BENLIDAYI worked as the Head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Çukurova University Faculty of Dentistry between 2014 and 2017. In 2019, he was elected as a board member of the Turkish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Prof.Dr.M.Emre BENLIDAYI, who received the title of Associate Professor in 2013 and the title of Professor in 2019, has more than 60 articles published in national and international journals, and more than 200 posters/oral papers presented in national and international congresses. More than 900 references have been made to Dr. Benlidayı's publications to date.

He has clinical and experimental projects supported by TÜBİTAK, Dentsply, ITI, TFI and Çukurova University Scientific Research Projects Unit.

Prof.Dr.M.Emre BENLIDAYI, who is still a faculty member at Çukurova University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, is interested in orthognathic surgery, advanced implant surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery and hard tissue laboratory research.

He was born in Istanbul in 1983. After he graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry (Istanbul) he finished his specialty training at Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry (Istanbul), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department  and became a faculty member in the same department. He performed ENT fellowship for six months in Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology in 2015. Also he worked in Osnabruck, Germany, at Clinicum Osnabruck Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, and in London, England, at St.Georges Medical University Department of Maxillofacial Surgery as fellow. In 2022 he graduated from Bezmialem Foundation University, Faculty of Medicine and he had medical degree.  In August 2019, he received the title of Associate Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Erol CANSIZ has been working in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine since 2019 and with an additional task at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry, academically and clinically.

M.Sc. + B.S.   Gazi University, Faculty of Dentistry (September 1996 –August 2001), Ankara-Turkey.

Ph.D.      Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (September 2001 – 2007), Samsun-Turkey.

Ph.D. Thesis: The Value Of Ultrasonography in Dıagnosıng and Evaluatıng the Treatment Effıcıency of Temporomandıbular Joınt Internal Derangements.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

Asisstant Professor  Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Samsun-Turkey.(2008-2013)

Associate professor:  Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Samsun-Turkey.(2013-2022)

Professor: Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Samsun-Turkey.(Since 2022)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Turkish Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Society 

SPECIAL INTEREST: 

TMJ, Orrofacial pain 

Languages

Turkish, English.

In 1993, after completing his master's degree at Gazi University Faculty of Dentistry, he started his doctorate education at Ankara University Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1994. Between 2001-2015, he worked as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Specialist and Invited Lecturer at the Middle East Technical University Health Centre. In 2011, he received his "Associate Professor of Science" in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 

In 2015, he started his academic career as an Associate Professor at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In 2017, he received the title of Professor. In 2023, Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral, and Maxillofacial Surgery, started teaching as a Professor. 

He has studies published in local and foreign journals on Tempomandilbuler joint, biomaterials, training simulators, dental implants. He is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery at Lokman Hekim University Faculty of Dentistry. Dr. Önder has many scientific articles published in important journals in his field and is a member of professional organisations. He is currently the president of the ACBID association of the Turkiye.  He is interested in temporomandibular joint diseases and surgery, orthognathic surgery, advanced implant surgery, biomaterials and trauma.