Orthodontics · Klinik 29 · Altunizade

About Pınar

2006Degree
2011Specialty

Dr. Dt. Pınar Demir Türkoğlu, Specialist in Orthodontics

An orthodontic plan is not made by looking at the teeth alone. The position of the jaws, the lips and the jaw joints are part of the assessment. Treatment is shaped to fit the person's daily life.

Education and Specialty

2006

Faculty of Dentistry

Ankara University

Dental education, 2001–2006.

2010

Department of Orthodontics

Ankara University

Orthodontic training, 2006–2010. Doctoral thesis on mini-screw supported molar distalisation.

2011

Specialty certificate

Turkish Ministry of Health

Specialist in orthodontics, 19 August 2011. Specialty registration no. 94976.

2020

Altunizade, Üsküdar

Klinik 29

In 2020 she founded Klinik 29 Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic together with her husband Dr. Dt. Kıvanç Türkoğlu and Dr. Dt. Gürcan Çetin.

Recorded academic and professional steps

2006
Graduation
Graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry and began training in the faculty's Department of Orthodontics.
2008
Lisbon poster
Presented a poster at the 84th European Orthodontic Society Congress comparing upper arch width and palatal depth in open bite and deep bite subjects. Worked at Sano Dent Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic in Ankara from 2008 to 2011.
2010
First publications
A Kartagener syndrome case she co-authored was published in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology. Her first case report on mini-screw supported molar distalisation appeared in the Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry journal.
2011
Thesis and specialty
Completed her doctoral thesis on intramaxillary molar distalisation with mini-screws. Received her orthodontic specialty certificate on 19 August 2011, registration no. 94976. Worked at Interantalya Oral and Dental Health Hospital in Antalya in 2011–2012.
2012
Istanbul
A second case report on intramaxillary molar distalisation was published. Worked part-time at Denteuropa Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic in Istanbul until 2015.
2015
Institutions
Worked at Dentakademi Oral and Dental Health Centre and Medamerikan Medical Centre from 2015 to 2021, and in the dental department of the American Hospital from 2017 to 2023.
2020
Klinik 29
In 2020 she founded Klinik 29 Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic together with her husband Dr. Dt. Kıvanç Türkoğlu and Dr. Dt. Gürcan Çetin. She sees her patients at the clinic in Altunizade.
2023
Advanced training
In 2023–2024 she took part in FACE, a six-module programme on orthodontics, occlusion and temporomandibular disorders held in Istanbul and Parma.

Doctoral thesis

Effects of intramaxillary intraoral molar distalisation with mini-screws on dentofacial structures

Doctoral thesis · Ankara University, 2011 · Department of Orthodontics · Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dilek Erdem (title translated from Turkish)

Publications

Professional memberships

Turkish Orthodontic Society
American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)
World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO)
Association of Ankara University Orthodontists
Turkish Aligner Society
European Aligner Society
Turkish Dental Association
Istanbul Chamber of Dentists

Dr. Dt. Pınar Demir Türkoğlu at the Klinik 29 entrance

Dr. Dt. Pınar Demir Türkoğlu and Dr. Kıvanç Türkoğlu at Klinik 29

Klinik 29 in Altunizade

Klinik 29 Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic is at Ord. Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Caddesi No 29, Altunizade, Üsküdar. Dr. Dt. Pınar Demir Türkoğlu sees and treats her orthodontic patients here.

Clinician page on the Klinik 29 website