Tolga Fikret Tözüm, D.D.S., Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
Dr. Tözüm was graduated from Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey as the ‘First student’ in his class and received the ‘Top Student Award’ in 1998. He started his Ph.D. program at Health Sciences Institute and also appointed as a graduate student at Department of Periodontology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey between 1998 and 2002. He continued his integrated Ph.D. program at the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration and Department of Periodontics/Prevention/Geriatrics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. between 2001 and 2002 during his Ph.D. program. He also attended ‘Misch Implant Institute Advanced Education Courses’ during his stay at Michigan. In 2002, he was appointed as a clinical instructor at Department of Periodontology, Hacettepe University, Turkey and as an invited research investigator at the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration, The University of Michigan, U.S.A. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor between 2004 and 2006. He has been served as a full time Associate Professor since 2006, and a consultant faculty member at post-graduate periodontology about implant dentistry at Hacettepe University. He was appointed as ‘Associate Dean’ at the same university between 2010 and 2012. As well as his 61 scientific publications in international journals related to implant dentistry and periodontics, he is a co-author of a dental chapter about allograft applications in an international book of medicine entitled ‘Tissue and Cell Clinical Use’, and he also translated some chapters of ‘Contemporary Implant Dentistry, 3rd edition by Prof. Carl E. Misch’ and also, ‘Clinical Dentistry, 3rd edition by Prof. I.G. Chestnutt & Dr. Gibson’ into Turkish language in 2011. He has 53 presentations at international scientific meetings related to implant dentistry and periodontics. He is also continuing international scientific research projects including U.S.A., Spain, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Japan related to implant dentistry and periodontics. He is also invited to a charity organization in Kiev, Ukraine as an ‘International Expert’ by Ukrainian Oral Implantologists Association to perform live surgeries on patients entitled ‘Quality of Life to our Parents’ in 2011. He received ‘Travel Award (Dental Implantology)’ at International Association for Dental Research Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey in 2002; ‘Platinum Award’ at 24th World Congress, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Taipei, Taiwan in 2006; ‘The Best Article published at ACTA Odontologica Scandinavia in 2009 (related to grafting materials in vitro)’ in 2010. Dr. Tözüm lectured in many national and international meetings in periodontics and implant dentistry. He is a fellow member of International Congress of Oral Implantologists, a fellow member of American Academy of Osseointegration, diplomate and honorary member of Meffert Implant Institute (Component Society of International Congress of Oral Implantologists), member of European Federation of Periodontology, Turkish Society of Oral Implantology and Turkish Society of Periodontology.
He currently serves as an international editorial board member in ‘Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research’, ‘The Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry’, ‘Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice-Associate Editor’, ‘Journal of Oral Rehabilitation’, ‘Clinical Oral Implants Research’, ‘Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Research’ and ‘World Journal of Stomatology’ and also he is in the advisory board of national journals including ‘Journal of Dental Sciences’ and ‘Gülhane Medical Journal’. He also acts as ad-hoc reviewer in many international scientific peer-reviewed journals related to periodontics and implant dentistry. His research focuses on the impact of implant stability (resonance frequency analysis and damping capacity assessment), alveolar bone turnover around implants, nitric oxide metabolism and peri-implant sulcus fluid pattern in immediately, early and conventionally loaded dental implants. As well as his in vitro and in vivo research, he is also interested in platform modified implants, advanced implant dentistry and periodontal surgical applications in clinical practice.
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