Dr. Hakan Uysal graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara in 1988. He earned his PhD in Prosthodontics at Hacettepe University,
Institute of Health Sciences, in 1995. Dr. Uysal also completed clinical and experimental studies on dental implants and implant biomechanics at Japan’s Kyushu University in 1994. Dr. Uysal received his associate professorship in 1998 and was assigned as a clinical professor in 2005. The Department of Prosthodontics at Cukurova University was established by Dr. Uysal. He is also the founder of the Division of Dental Research at Cukurova University, which includes biomechanical, material tests and hard tissue examination labs.
Dr. Uysal was a visiting professor and scholar at a number of universities in the United States. He is the author of numerous research articles on dental ceramics, dental implants and implant biomechanics. Dr. Uysal’s practice in Istanbul, is focused mainly on restorative and prosthetic dentistry, especially for advanced cases of dental implants and esthetics.