Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öncü graduated from Selçuk University Faculty of Dentistry in 2008 and started the periodontology doctorate program at Ankara Başkent University Faculty of Dentistry in the same year and completed her periodontology doctorate and specialization training in 2012. In 2012, she worked as a visiting researcher at Harvard University Forsyth Institute. In 2013, she founded the Department of Periodontology at Konya NEÜ Faculty of Dentistry and later received the title of Associate Professor in 2018. Since 2021, she has been serving as the head of the department of periodontology and a faculty member at Ankara Lokman Hekim University Faculty of Dentistry. Elif Öncü has been providing undergraduate dentistry, specialization and doctorate training in periodontology and implantology since 2013. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öncü has received advanced training in implantology and aesthetic plastic periodontal surgery in many centers in Europe such as Malo Clinic in Portugal, Bologna (Italy) Faculty of Dentistry, Frankfurt University. The results of over 10,000 implant treatments she has performed have been published in the world’s most important implant journals. She has over 100 articles published in prestigious index journals, over 700 citations from these articles, and many speeches she has given at national and international congresses and professional meetings.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Öncü, who is a member of the Turkish Periodontology Association, the European Periodontology Association, the European Osseointegration Association (EAO), the International Implantology Association (ITI), and the Osseser Implant Association, has areas of interest; periodontal disease treatment and surgery, implantology, aesthetic smile design, periodontal aesthetics and plastic surgery, laser treatments, stem cell treatments and digital dentistry.