Prof. Dr. Serkan

Prof. Dr. Serkan is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who has been treating patients since 2010. After six years as a dentist he completed a full four-year surgical residency at Gaziosmanpaşa University, earning his specialist degree in 2020, and in 2023 he was awarded the title of Associate Professor (Doçent). He teaches in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Istanbul Aydın University and has authored 18 indexed scientific publications. At One Life Dental he is the main doctor for implant treatment: zygomatic and full-mouth dental implants in Turkey, bone grafting and sinus lifts. He treats patients in Turkish and English.

Professional & Academic Snapshot

Why he suits international patients

• He is a surgeon first. Many dentists place implants; Dr. Serkan is a specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a full residency behind him. When a case involves severe bone loss, zygomatic implants or the sinus, that training is what counts.
• He takes on the cases other clinics refer away. Zygomatic implants, sinus lifts and bone grafting for resorbed jaws are routine parts of his work.
• He already knows international patients. Before One Life Dental he managed a high-volume international implant caseload at Dentakay, one of Istanbul’s best-known dental tourism clinics, alongside his university duties.
• His credentials are verifiable. His associate professorship, university post and 18 peer-reviewed publications (cited 86 times) are all publicly documented.
• He plans digitally, start to finish. Every case is mapped on a 3D CBCT scan before surgery and handed over to the prosthetic team for the final teeth.
• Patients describe him as calm and thorough. Reviews mention clear explanations before treatment, gentle technique on difficult wisdom-tooth extractions, and one patient who had nine implants placed reporting no pain or swelling afterwards.

Education

Associate Professor

• In Türkiye, Associate Professor (Doçent) is a national academic title granted only after an independent review of a candidate’s published research. It sits above assistant professor and is the step before full professorship.
• Dr. Yıldız received it in 2023, thirteen years after qualifying as a dentist.
• At Istanbul Aydın University he teaches undergraduate surgical clinics and supervises research; he also holds an affiliation with Istanbul Atlas University.
• He has written chapters for Turkish academic reference books on dental and medical genetics, and he reviews for journals and speaks at national and international congresses.
• Asked which parts of his work he enjoys most, he names three: dental implants, bone augmentation and trauma surgery.

Clinical roles

Treatments

Below we list all treatments Dr. Serkan Yıldız can help you with.

1. Implants and full-mouth reconstruction

• Single and multiple dental implants
• All-on-4 and All-on-6 full-arch rehabilitation
• Zygomatic implants for severely resorbed upper jaws
• Immediate (same-day) implants
• Bone grafting and alveolar ridge augmentation
• Sinus lift
• Guided tissue regeneration and CGF (concentrated growth factor)
• CBCT-based digital planning and guided surgery
• Management of peri-implantitis and failing implants

2. Oral and jaw surgery

• Impacted wisdom teeth and complex extractions
• Apicoectomy (root-end surgery)
• Jaw cysts and tumours
• Orthognathic (corrective jaw) surgery and genioplasty
• Upper-jaw expansion
• Jaw and facial injuries
• Laser oral surgery
• Oral pathology and oral medicine, including leukoplakia and lichen planus

3. Jaw joint and teeth grinding

• Diagnosis of TMJ disorders using the international DC/TMD criteria
• Treatment of jaw-joint pain, clicking and locking
• Botulinum toxin for bruxism and TMJ disorders
• Treatment for clenching and grinding
• Sports mouthguards

Research and publications

Selected papers

His work on the jaw joint is his most consistent research thread: from his specialist thesis on vitamin D and TMJ disc displacement, to a 200-patient study of TMJ disorders in Türkiye, to a comparison of MRI findings with clinical diagnosis. It feeds directly into how he assesses bite and joint health before full-arch implant treatment.

Research topics: oral surgery · dental implantology · osseointegration · bone augmentation · temporomandibular disorders · bruxism · oral pathology · molecular genetics of oral disease