Prof. Dr. Ozgur

Prof. Dr. Özgür Erdoğan is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon and a full professor with more than 25 years in the field. He graduated from Hacettepe University, Turkey’s top-ranked dental faculty, earned his PhD and specialist degree in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Çukurova University, and trained abroad as an ITI Scholar at the University of Connecticut (USA) and an AO Trauma Fellow at the University of Freiburg (Germany). He became a full Professor in 2018, is an ITI Fellow, and has published more than 60 scientific papers. He treats patients in Turkish, English & German.

Professional & Academic Snapshot

Why we recommend him for full-mouth and zygomatic cases

When a patient has lost most of their teeth and much of the bone that held them, the result depends on the surgeon’s judgement more than anything else. We recommend Prof. Erdoğan as one of the most qualified surgeons in Turkey for these cases, and every reason below can be checked.

• He is a full professor, not just a specialist. In Turkey the title of Professor is awarded only after years of peer-reviewed research and teaching. He became Associate Professor in 2012 and full Professor in 2018, and has trained dental students and surgical residents for more than 15 years.
• He trained in the US and Germany. He spent 2005–06 as an ITI Scholar in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Connecticut, and in 2009 was an AO CMF Trauma Fellow at the University of Freiburg. Both programmes select surgeons internationally.
• Other implant surgeons learn from him. He is a Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI), the Swiss-based academic network for implant dentistry, and served as Senior Editor of the ITI Academy, its online education platform, from 2021 to 2025. He teaches webinars for ITI and Straumann on sinus floor elevation and its complications.
• Bone is his research subject. His work covers bone grafting in patients with osteoporosis, an ITI-funded study on bone augmentation in Type 2 diabetic patients, and fracture healing. That is the science behind rebuilding a jaw for implants.
• He handles the full range of complex cases. Full-arch All-on-4 and All-on-6, zygomatic implants, sinus lifts, bone grafting and surgery under sedation or general anaesthesia are all part of his everyday work.
• He uses premium, documented materials. Straumann Group implants and Botiss biomaterials for bone grafting, from the same Swiss–German ecosystem, all with traceable product codes.

Professor

• In Türkiye, Professor (Profesör) is the highest academic title. It is granted only after the Associate Professor (Doçent) title, itself awarded after an independent national review of a candidate’s published research.
• Prof. Erdoğan became Associate Professor at Çukurova University in 2012 and full Professor in 2018, eighteen years after qualifying as a dentist.
• He has taught at three universities: Çukurova University (Adana), Rangsit University (Bangkok, Thailand) and Istanbul Okan University, where he heads the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
• He supervises residents and PhD students, and has returned to Rangsit University as a visiting lecturer (2017, 2018, 2019).

Bone grafting with Botiss biomaterials

Many full-mouth patients do not have enough jawbone for implants. Before or during implant surgery, Prof. Erdoğan rebuilds the missing bone with grafts and membranes from botiss biomaterials, a German manufacturer of regenerative materials distributed worldwide with Straumann.

• What it is used for: sinus lifts, widening or heightening a thin jaw ridge, preserving bone after extractions and repairing defects around implants.
• Why it matters: Botiss materials such as cerabone® are among the most extensively documented bone substitutes, with published clinical follow-up of up to 15 years in sinus lifts and ridge augmentation.
• Why it fits his work: bone regeneration is his research field. He has lectured on current concepts in bone regenerative materials at the national oral surgery congress (AÇBİD) and on sinus floor elevation for ITI and Straumann.
• One ecosystem: Straumann Group implants with Botiss regenerative materials, so implants, grafts and membranes come from brands designed and documented to work together.

Education

Clinical and academic roles

Treatments

Below we list all treatments Prof. Dr. Özgür Erdoğan can help you with.

1. Full-mouth and complex full-jaw reconstruction

• All-on-4, All-on-6 and full-mouth dental implants in Turkey
• Zygomatic implants for severely resorbed upper jaws
• Immediate (same-day) implants with fixed temporary teeth where stability allows
• Single and multiple dental implants
• Implant-supported dentures
• Digitally assisted, computer-guided implant surgery
• Treatment of failing implants

2. Bone regeneration

• Bone grafting with Botiss biomaterials: ridge augmentation, socket preservation and guided bone regeneration
• Sinus lift, lateral and crestal
• Management of sinus lift complications

3. Oral and jaw surgery

• Impacted wisdom teeth and complex extractions
• Jaw cysts and tumours
• Orthognathic (corrective jaw) surgery
• Pre-prosthetic surgery
• Jaw and facial fractures
• Diagnosis of oral pathology
• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
• Treatment under sedation or general anaesthesia in hospital

Research and publications

Selected papers

Citation counts from Google Scholar, October 2026.

Teaching for other surgeons

Two threads run through his work: bone, how it heals and how to rebuild it when it is missing, and complex implant surgery, how to make it last. Both shape how he plans full-jaw reconstructions.

Research topics: bone augmentation · sinus floor elevation · dental implantology · fracture healing · oral surgery · oral pathology

Read his articles

Prof. Erdoğan writes detailed patient guides on his website, including an in-depth explanation of the All-on-4 and All-on-6 protocols.