Periodontology is a department of dentistry that diagnoses and treats teeth, their surrounding tissues, diseases affecting them, and conducts educational activities and scientific studies in this field.
The aim of the Department of Periodontology is; innovative, contemporary, and didactic clinical training curriculum, advanced research and scientific activity, and local, national, and international recognition of the faculty for patient care and service.
The Department of Periodontology aims to diagnose, treat and preserve the health of the teeth and the surrounding tissues in the dental clinic. Prevention or treatment of gingival diseases is important in the prevention of many systemic diseases and in the control of existing systemic diseases.
After completing their dentistry education, physicians who specialize in this field by receiving theoretical and practical training earn the title “periodontologist”.
The treatment of gum diseases called periodontal treatment includes surgical and non-surgical treatments.
Non-surgical treatments;