Professional CV
• Private Anatolian Medical Center - 2010
• T.R. Ministry of Health Tekirdag Corlu Oral and Dental Health Center 2010 - 2012
• Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics, Research
Assistant 2012 - 2015
• Istanbul Medipol University Department of Endodontics, Faculty Member 2015 -
2019
• Istanbul Sisli Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic 2019 - 2021
• Doctor Specialist Dentist Didem Ekiz Private Practice - Ataköy Towers 2021
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Articles and Papers
• Papers presented in international scientific meetings and published in the Proceeding
book.
• Ekiz D, Altas N, Ekiz E. Periodontal Diseases and Preeclampsia: Is there a
relationship?
• International Dental Congress Istanbul Turkey 2019.
• Articles published in national peer-reviewed journals.
• Preterm biri and periodontitis: A dilemma in current obstetrics. Journal of Perinatology
2020;28(1):36-41
Biography
Education Information
• Undergraduate: Istanbul University1Dentistry I 2009
• Expertise: Istanbul UniversitylEndodontics I 2015 Academic Titles: Istanbul Medipol
University Doctorate Professor I 2015- 2019
Istanbul Galata University, PhD. 2021-
Doctoral Theses: Discussions on Success in Endodontic Treatment Courses Taught
• 2016-2017 4th Grade Endodontics Lessons 135 Students
• 2016-2017 5th Grade Endodontics Lessons 95 Students
• 2016-2017 4th Grade Clinical Practices 135 Students
• 2016-2017 5th Grade Clinical Practices 95 Students
• 2017-2018 5th Grade Endodontics Lessons 135 Students
Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the opinions of gynecologists and obstetrics in
Tıırkey about oral hygiene, odontotherapy, periodontal diseases and their perinatal impacts
during pregnancy.
Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 20 closed-ended questions was prepared for
gynecologists and obstetricians, and 217 gynecologists and obstetricians from various
hospitals in Turkey who accepted to participate in the questionnaire were induded in the study.
The questionnaire was applied in a standard way to the participants and the names of some
participants were not revealed upon their requests.
Results: According to the data obtained from the study, 90.8% of the participants believed
that the pregnancy increased gingival inflammation. Similarly, a large number of physicians
(79.3%) stated that there was a relationship between prenatal outcomes and oral and dental
health. Most of the participants believed that dental scaling (86.6%), dental extraction
(81.6%), filling (82.6%) and periapical radiography (80.2%) practices are safe, and the rates
of trust in root canal tr.tment and panoramic radiography were 64.5% and 53.5%, respectively.
While 73.3% of the participants recornmended dental check-up before pregnancy to their
patients who were planning pregnancy, 36.1% of the participants recornmended dental check-
up to their pregnant patients in the first prenatal visit
Conclusion: Gynecologists and obstetricians should have more confidence that both
diagnostic and therapeutical procedures in the dentistry are safe during pregnancy, and should
inform the patients they follow up properly. It should be kept in mkıd that having a good oral
health before pregnancy and also to maintain it during the pregnancy will have a positive
impact on gestational outcomes.
Keywords: Pregnancy, oral hygiene, periodontal disease, dental treatment, gestational
outcomes.
Questionnaire on mouth and dental health during pregnancy: myths and
facts
Didem Ekiz
1
, Ali Ekiz
2
, Burak Özköse
3
, Muzaffer Emir Dinço
1
, Rüstem Kemal Sübay',
İbrahim Polat
2
1
Department of Endodontiıs, Farulty of Dentisny, Istanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
2
Perinatology Clinie, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Researcb Hospital, Istanbul;
Tıırkey
3
Czynecology and Obstetries. Clinic, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research
Hospital, İstanbul, Tıırkey
Preterm birth and periodontitis: a dilemma of current obstetrics
Didem Ekiz
1
, Şeyda Erşahan
1
, Ali Ekiz
2
, Nurcan Altaş
3
, Burak Özköse
4
, Zeynep Özköse
2
1
Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul,
Turkey
2
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Clinics of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Sultan
Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul , Turkey
3
Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
4
Clinics of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research
Hospital, Istanbul, Tzırkey
