Dr. Burak Demiralp, obtained his PhD degree from Health Science Institute of Hacettepe University. He was awarded by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) as a science fellow and studied at the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration at the

University of Michigan, U.S.A between 1999 and 2001. His research was focused on hormonal controls of bone remodeling. During this period he also taught periodontics at the undergraduate clinics of the University of Michigan. He got the third place at the Warner Lambert Hatton Award at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the AADR in Chicago, U.S.A in 2001. He was awarded by the American Association of Dental Research to participate in IADR/ Hatton Award competition in Chiba, Japan in 2001with AADR Travel Award. He also got ASBMR Young Investigator Award, which was awarded by the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A in 2001. Recently he is working as a faculty member at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology. He is the undergraduate clinical director for periodontology for D4s. He also has Advanced Implant Training Certificate from Misch Implant Institute. He is an international archery judge. He had served in 2 world championships, in Havana, Cuba in 1999, and Nimes, France in 2003.

Dr. Hayriye S�nmez was graduated from the Dental Faculty of Ankara University in 1974 where she is currently a professor of pediatric dentistry. She presented her PhD thesis titled "Formocresol pulpotomy of the primary teeth - a clinical study" in 1978. She worked as an