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Dentist

20 years of experience

• Graduated Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Ankara.
• Certified specialist in veneer installation, smile design and digital dentistry.
• Has a certificate for the treatment of diastema.
• Also has a certificate of antibiotics Usage in dentistry.

He was born in 1977 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. After completing his primary and high school education, he completed his undergraduate education at Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry in 2001. In the same year, he started his doctorate education in Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. After completing his doctorate in 2007, he became Associate Professor in 2011 and Professor in 2016 in the same department. He has been working in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Dentistry since 2022.

Education

Employment

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.