Best maxillofacial surgeons in Ankara: TOP 6 doctors

Prof.Dr. Hakan Alpay Karasu, D.D.S. 

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry

Fields of Study and Interests

• Orthognathic Surgery
• Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Surgery
• Maxillofacial Cyst, Tumor Surgery
• Advanced Surgical Bone Healing Techniques
• Impacted Tooth Surgery
• Dental Implants
• TME surgery
• Jaw-Face Traumas
• Jaw joint disorders

Education

1998 - University of London, Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

• 1991- Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry

Career

Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Dentistry

University of London, Faculty of Dentistry

• Ankara University, Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Gülhane Military Medicine Academy, Faculty of Dentistry

Publications and Congress Statements

1.Karasu HA., Okçu KM., Ortakoğlu K., Bayar GR., Aydıntuğ Y., "Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis with Temporalis Superficial Fascia Flap" Mil Med,2005;170(2):167
2. Özer L., Karasu HA., Aras K., Tokman B., Ersoy E., "Dentin Dysplasia Type 1: Report of Atypical Cases in The Permanent and Mixt Dentitions" Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radio/ Endod, 2004;98:85-90
3. Sayan NB., Üçok C., Karasu HA., Günhan Ö., "Peripheral Osteoma of The Oral and Maxillofacial Region: A Study of 35 New Cases" J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2002;60:1299-1301
4. Doğan N., Üçok C., Korkmaz C., Üçok Ö., Karasu HA., "The Effects of Articaine Hydrochloride on Wound Healing: An Experimental Study" J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2003;61:1467-1470
5. Karasu HA., Ortakoğlu K., Okçu M., Günhan Ö., "Osteochondroma of the Mandibular Condyle: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature" Mil Med, 2005;170(9):79

6. Altug Ataç AT., Karasu HA., Aytaç D., "Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion Compared with Orthopedic Rapid Maxillar Expansion" Angle Orthodontist, 2006;76(3):353-359
7. Sayan NB., Karasu HA., Uyanik LO., Aytaç D., "Two- stage Treatment of TMJ Ankylosis by Early Surgical Approach and Distraction Osteogenesis" J Craniofac Surg,2007;18(1):212-217
8. Üçok C., Karasu HA., Orhan K., Üçok Ö., Tuncer N., "Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia and Osteoma: A Case Report of an Individual with 2 Different Pathologies" Quintessence Int, 2007;38, (2):88-91
9. Kurt G. Altuğ-Atac AT., Ataç MS., Karasu HA., “Stability of SARME and OME after 3 years Follow-up.” The Angle Orthodontist. 2010;80(4):613-619
10. Kurt G., Altuğ-Atac AT., Ataç MS., Karasu HA., “Changes in Nasopharyngeal Airway Following Orthopedic and Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion” J Craniofac Surg 2010;21:312-317
11. Altuğ-Ataç AT., Ataç MS., Kurt G., Karasu HA., “Comparison of Surgically Assisted RME and Orthopedic RME: Changes in Nasal Structure” Int J Oral and Maxillofac Surg 2010;39:129-135.
12. Aydemir H, Memikoğlu U, Karasu H. Pharyngeal airway space, hyoid bone position and head posture after orthognathic surgery in Class III patients.” Angle Orthod. 2012 Nov;82(6):993-1000. doi: 10.2319/091911-597.1. Epub 2012 Apr 11. PMID:22500578
13. Efendiyeva R1, Aydemir H, Karasu H, Toygar-Memikoğlu U. “Pharyngeal airway space, hyoid bone position, and head posture after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery in Class III patients: Long-term evaluation.” Angle Orthod. 2014 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print]
14. SUNAL AKTÜRK EZGİ, EREN HAKAN, GÖRÜRGÖZ CANSU, ORHAN KAAN, KARASU HAKAN ALPAY, AKAT BORA, TOYGAR MEMİKOĞLU TÜLİN UFUK (2020). Electromyographic, Ultrasonographic, and Ultrasound Elastographic Evaluation of the Masseter Muscle in Class III Patients Before and After Orthognathic Surgery. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery (Yayın No: 6276746)
15. Sahbaz Emir Bahman,CESUR EMRE,ALTUĞ DEMİRALP AYŞE TUBA,Ergül Kutay Can,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY,TOYGAR MEMİKOĞLU TÜLİN UFUK (2019). Is It Possible to Protract the Maxilla by Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion and Intermaxillary Class III Elastics? Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, 32(02), 96-104., Doi: 10.5152/Turkjorthod.2019.18060 (Yayın No: 5697928)
16. Aydemir H, Efendiyeva R, Karasu H, Toygar M, Tülin U (2015). Evaluation of Long-Term Soft Tissue Changes After Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery in Class III Patients. The Angle Orthodontist, 85(4), 631-637., Doi: 10.2319/062214-449.1

17. Karasu HA., Uyanık LO., Üçok C., Sayan NB., "The Use of Iliac Bone Greft on Maxillomandibular Defects" IntJ Oral Maxillofac Surg. 32(Supplement I) S39 (2003), 16 th International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Athens, Greece.

18. Üçok C., Karasu HA., Akçam O., Uyanık LO., Üçok Ö., Sayan NB., "The Use Rapid External Distraction on Cleft Patient" IntJ Oral Maxillofac Surg. 32(Supplement I) S18 (2003), 16th International Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Athens, Greece.

19. Uyanık LO., Karasu HA., Aytaç D., "The use of Rigid External Distraction for Midface Hypoplasia" J Cranio-Maxillofac Surg. 34(Supplement 1) 155-156 (2006), Abstracts from the 18th Congress of The European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Barcelona, Spain.

Dt. Raha Akbarihamed

STUDY AND INTERESTS

• Dental Implants
• Advanced Surgical Bone Healing Techniques
• Impacted Tooth Surgical
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Jaw-Face Traumas
• Jaw joint disorders

Education

2022 Ankara University Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Department

2010-2016 Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry

Career:

2022 - continuing Ankara Medipol University Dental Hospital

2016-2022 Ankara University Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Department

Publications

EBERLİKÖSE HACER, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, AKBARIHAMED RAHA, ÖZTÜRK CANER, KARASU HAKAN ALPAY(2023). COMPREHENSİVE ANALYSİS OF LATERAL NASAL WALL ANATOMY TO OPTİMİZE THE OSTEOTOMY İN DİFFERENT SKELETAL PATTERNS

 VURAL ÇAĞIL, KOCAOĞLU MERVE HAYRİYE, AKBARIHAMED RAHA, DEMİREL AKİF(2023) A Retrospective Investigation of Patient- and Procedure-Related Factors Associated with Cardiorespiratory Complications in Pediatric Dental Patients Undergoing Deep Sedation

AKBARIHAMED RAHA, EBERLİKÖSE HACER, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, KARASU HAKAN ALPAY.(2023) MAKSİLLER SİNÜS SEPTALARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ RETROSPEKTİF BİR KONİK IŞINLI BİLGİSAYARLI TOMOGRAFİ ÇALIŞMASI

ULUTÜRK HACER, AKBARIHAMED RAHA, KARASU HAKAN ALPAY (2023). ORTOGNATİK CERRAHİ İLE İLGİLİ INSTAGRAM GÖNDERİLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: METODOLOJİK ÇALIŞMA

VURAL ÇAĞIL, YURTTUTAN MEHMET EMRE, BOZKURT POYZAN, AKBARIHAMED RAHA, ÖZALP NURHAN.(2021) Anesthetic Management for Dental Procedures of a Child with Frank-ter Haar Syndrome

Raha AKBARİHAMED .13. Uluslararası Hipokrat Tıp ve Sağlık Bilimleri Kongresi SUBMANDİBULAR BÖLGEDE PLUNGİNG RANULA TANISI OLGU SUNUMU"2023

GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT,ULUTÜRK HACER,AKBARIHAMED RAHA,ÖZTÜRK CANER ,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY ULUSLAR ARASI 3. DENTAL ORAL ENFEKSİYONLAR VE 2. AĞIZ MİKROBİYATASI KONGRESİ. TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGİCAL FRACTURE AND İNFECTİON İN THE MANDİBULE DUE TO OSTEORAİDONECROSİS: CASE REPORT 2023

AKBARIHAMED RAHA ,GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT,ULUTÜRK HACER,SARI ÖMER FARUK ,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY . 30.ULUSLARARASI TÜRK ORAL VE MAKSİLLOFACİAL CERRAHİ DERNEĞİ , RİJİD EKSTERNAL DİSTRAKSİYON İLE MAKİSLLER RETROGNATİYE SAHİP DUDAK DAMAK YARIKLI HASTALARIN TEDAVİ PROTOKOLÜ: OLGU SUNUMU VE LİTERATÜR DERLEMESİ 2023

KAHRAMAN BÜLENT,AKBARİHAMED RAHA, EKEMEN ALİ, İSMAİLOV ORKHAN TAOMS 2022. SADECE PATOLOJİYE ODAKLANIP OKLÜZYONU İHMAL Mİ EDİYORUZ ? MANDİBULADA KİŞİYE ÖZEL EKLEM PROTEZİ KULLANILIP AYNI ZAMANDA SAGİTTAL SPLİT RAMUS OSTEOTOMİSİ İLE OKLÜZYONUN GERİ KAZANILMASI

EKEMEN ALİ,ISMAYILOV ORKHAN,kadirov mikail,AKBARIHAMED RAHA,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY. Custom-made Prostheses for Temporomandibular Joint Reconstruction After Partial Excision of Mandible due to Ameloblastoma.2019. 13th International Congress with EACMFS Endorsement AÇBİD

AKBARIHAMED RAHA ,EKEMEN ALİ,ISMAYILOV ORKHAN,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY, Diagnosis and Follow up of Rabdomyosarcoma 2019. 13th International Congress with EACMFS Endorsement AÇBİD

EKEMEN ALİ ,ISMAYILOV ORKHAN,AKBARIHAMED RAHA,TOYGAR MEMİKOĞLU TÜLİN UFUk,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY. Maksiller hipoplazi olan hastalarda rijit eksternal distraktör (red) kullanımı. 6.ULUSLARARASI DUDAK DAMAK YARIĞI KONGRESİ

EKEMEN ALİ,ISMAYILOV ORKHAN,BİLECENOĞLU BURAK ,AKBARIHAMED RAHA,KARASU HAKAN ALPAY. Investigation of pterygopalatine canal localization in terms of osteotomy safety of patients with orthognatic surgery indications in Turkish population 20th National Anatomy Congress 2019.

AKBARIHAMED RAHA, EBERLİKÖSE HACER, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF MAXILLARY SINUS IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (2023)

Dt. Arif Yiğit Güler, D.D.S.

Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

Fields of Study and Interests

• Orthognathic Surgery
• Maxillofacial Trauma
• Dental Implant
• Impacted Teeth
• Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Diseases
• Hard Tissue and Soft Tissue Grafts
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• Education

2020- Necmettin Erbakan University, Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery. 

2015- Gazi University, Dentistry.

Work Experience

2022 Ankara Medipol University Dental Hospital

2020 - 2021 Söke Dental Polyclinic

2016 - 2020 Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Dentistry

Publications

KÖSEOĞLU SEÇGİN CANSU, GÖKSEL SEVDE, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT (2023). Evaluation of the Relationship Between Infraorbital Canal Protrusion and Alveolar Process Pneumatization of the Maxillary Sinus: A Cross-Sectional Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dental Sciences, 29(4), Doi: 10.5336/dentalsci.2023-99252 (Yayın No: 8599568)

GÖKSEL SEVDE, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT (2023). Is There a Relationship Between Maxillary Sinus’s Inferior Pneumatisation and Sinonasal Variations? A Retrospective CBCT Study. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Research, 14(3), Doi: 10.5037/jomr.2023.14303 (Yayın No: 8530470)

MÜFTÜOĞLU ÖZGE, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, KARASU HAKAN ALPAY (2023). The impact of orthognathic surgery on quality of life for class III dentofacial deformities. BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 61(4), 274-277., Doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2023.03.001 (Yayın No: 8530341)

ESEN ÇAĞRI, ESEN ALPARSLAN, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK, SOĞANCI AHMET ERTAN (2022). Assessment of Alveolar Bone Loss and Buccal Bone Thickness After Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion. MEANDROS MEDICAL AND DENTAL JOURNAL, 23(2), 141-147., Doi: 10.4274/meandros.galenos.2020.97752 (Yayın No: 8530451)

GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT (2022). The effect of Instagram posts related to #Wisdomteeth on patients. JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 123(2), 155-157., Doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2021.05.007 (Yayın No: 8530323)

NAİBOĞLU PINAR, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, GÖKSEL SEVDE (2022). State-Trait Anxiety Levels, Dental Anxiety Levels and Vaccine Hesitancy in a Group of Turkish Dental Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic in Söke Region: Analytical Survey. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dental Sciences, 28(3), Doi: 10.5336/dentalsci.2021-86686 (Yayın No: 8530486)

GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, IŞIK BOZKURT KUBİLAY, ESEN ALPARSLAN, MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK (2021). Assessment of pulp volume changes after surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion. JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 122(3), 263-266., Doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2020.06.014 (Yayın No: 8530255)

MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, ÇAYIR TOLGAHAN, IŞIK BOZKURT KUBİLAY (2021). Binaural beats or 432 Hz music? which method is more effective for reducing preoperative dental anxiety?. MEDICINA ORAL PATOLOGIA ORAL Y CIRUGIA BUCAL, 26(1), 97-101., Doi: 10.4317/medoral.24051 (Yayın No: 8530275)

MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, IŞIK BOZKURT KUBİLAY (2020). Are YouTube videos related to dental implant useful for patient education?. JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 121(6), 661-664., Doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.12.022 (Yayın No: 8530218)

MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, BAŞTÜRK FUNDA, IŞIK BOZKURT KUBİLAY (2020). Comparison of Surgical Drain Placement With Use of Kinesiologic Tape on Postoperative Pain, Swelling, and Trismus in Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery. JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 78(11), 1-7., Doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2020.06.023 (Yayın No: 8530298)

MENZİLETOĞLU DİLEK, GÜLER ARİF YİĞİT, BAŞTÜRK FUNDA, IŞIK BOZKURT KUBİLAY, ERDUR EMİRE AYBÜKE (2020). Comparison of two different flap designs for bilateral impacted mandibular third molar surgery. JOURNAL OF STOMATOLOGY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, 121(4), 368- 372., Doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.08.006 (Yayın No: 8530317)

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