Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Oral and Dental Health Hospital was opened in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The hospital, where diagnosis and treatment will be carried out with academic expert staff, state-of-the-art devices, artificial intelligence and digital medicine applications, will also make a significant contribution to health tourism.
Bahçeşehir University (BAU), which continues its academic and R&D studies that will contribute to Türkiye’s having a say in health tourism at the international level, has made a significant investment in the oral and dental health sector. Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Dental Health Hospital, equipped with the latest technological devices and staffed by academic expert staff, was put into service with a ceremony. BAU Board of Trustees Chairman Enver Yücel, SEY Foundation Honorary President Semra Yücel, BAU Rector Prof. Dr. Esra Hatipoğlu, BAU Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof. Dr. Selçuk Basa, BAU Oral and Dental Hospital Chief Physician Dt. Ezgi Yüceer Çetiner, academicians, guests and students attended the opening ceremony.
Important investment for Türkiye
Delivering the speech at the ceremony, BAU Board of Trustees Chairman Enver Yücel said that, as Bahçeşehir University, they have made a significant investment in the oral and dental health sector. Stating that the hospital opened today is a gain for Türkiye, Yücel said, “BAU Oral and Dental Health Hospital, which is equipped with the latest technology devices and will begin its service with its academic expert staff, will not only be our gift to our country, but also take a place in health tourism and host patients from various countries of the world. We are also excited to bring together qualified scientists and important actors of the health sector here. Our academic expert staff will care for each patient as if they were their own relatives. Because both education and health require effective communication, dedication, effort and empathy. Every patient who comes here will first feel good and safe, and then can continue their treatment with peace of mind. On the 100th anniversary of the Republic, we are following in the footsteps of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, not by repeating his words, but by taking action. This hospital is the biggest proof that we are taking action. We know and believe that without health, nothing happens… Neither the education you receive nor the experiences you gain are of any benefit to you. For this reason, I consider investing in health in the social sphere, first and foremost, as my civic duty.”
“We will be a structure with high satisfaction and benefit to society”
Emphasizing that they are an exemplary institution with what they always do, BAU Rector Prof. Dr. Esra Hatipoğlu continued her words as follows, “Our primary goal for our hospital, which we have established based on trust, is to be a reliable structure that is the most preferred in the national and international arena, has high service satisfaction, and aims to benefit society. Our successful initiatives in the field of healthcare, multidisciplinary studies, success in complex cases and being a reference hospital are indicators that we are taking firm steps towards this goal. We have students from 133 different countries at our university. Considering our place in the world, we think that we can further revitalize health tourism with our hospital.”
“We apply all treatment methods for every disease involving the head and neck area.”
BAU Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof. Dr. Selçuk Basa said, “We are an ambitious institution nationally and internationally. We take this claim one step further with our Faculty of Dentistry and our newly opened hospital. We are very good at education. We have an innovative and research-based approach. As a hospital, we have incredible physical equipment. We opened a very modern hospital in Beşiktaş, the heart of Istanbul. As a complete branch hospital, we apply all treatment methods for every disease, including not only the well-known areas of dentistry but also the head and neck area. This will be both a trauma center and an oral and jaw cancer treatment center. For example, we will be performing surgical treatment for war wounds. In addition, we will offer treatment for facial pain and jaw joint pain.”
“We meet all needs regarding academic and patient service”
BAU Dental and Dental Hospital Chief Physician Dt. Ezgi Yüceer Çetiner stated the following about the services they will provide, “Our hospital is equipped with modern technology and provides all treatments in all branches of dentistry. We are qualified to meet all needs both academically and in terms of state-of-the-art patient service. Surgical, aesthetic and restorative procedures can be performed on both children and adult patients. From the very beginning, we made a plan to consider our international patients. All treatments will take place quickly in a single building. We can accommodate 1500 patients a day. This place also has the distinction of being a dental campus. We are very happy that our hospital has opened. We welcome our patients who need treatment to our hospital.”
Prof. Dr. Haluk Haluk Gürgen gave a speech covering the mission, vision, values and behavioral principles of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Dental Health Hospital at the ceremony.
State-of-the-art dental hospital
All applications from diagnosis to treatment are carried out at BAU Oral and Dental Health Hospital, which has 183 dental units, 2 general anesthesia rooms, 1 sedation unit, 5-bed service, emergency clinic, multidisciplinary dentistry clinics, and prosthesis production laboratory. In the dental hospital, where approximately 1,500 patients can receive treatment services per day, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Dentistry students receive theoretical training as well as digital dentistry and artificial intelligence-supported clinical practice training.
Modern applications from diagnosis to treatment
At BAU Faculty of Dentistry Oral and Dental Health Hospital, basic dental treatments such as preventive and pediatric dentistry applications, direct and indirect restorations, prosthetic dental treatments, root canal treatments, gum treatments, orthodontic treatments, tooth extraction and implant applications are performed by experienced academic physician staff. dental treatments are performed. In the hospital, where advanced dentistry practices can be performed in all branches, in addition to two-dimensional imaging systems, the use of Cone Beam Computed Tomography devices and portable and console ultrasound devices that provide three-dimensional imaging allows a complete diagnosis to be made before all interventional procedures. At the same time, orthodontic treatments such as digital dentistry and dental laser applications, microscopic endodontic and surgical procedures, as well as three-dimensional imaging and transparent plate applications using intraoral scanners are performed. All interventional procedures regarding the mouth, jaw and face complex can be performed painlessly and aesthetically in the hospital, which has a service unit with a capacity of 5 beds for the post-operative care of patients treated under general anesthesia.
Artificial intelligence-supported education and treatment approach
Setting out with the mission of becoming an internationally recognized center, BAU Oral and Dental Health Hospital will make a significant contribution to health tourism with the service it will provide to international patients. The hospital allows Faculty of Dentistry students to receive clinical practice training as well as theoretical training. As students develop their professional knowledge and skills in the clinical and professional skills laboratory and dental prosthesis technologies laboratory, they have the opportunity to benefit from opportunities such as performing the necessary treatment procedures on artificial patients in the Dentistry Simulation Laboratory within the faculty, and experiencing the density of dental tissues by giving real touch sensations in the Virtual Reality and Haptic Simulation Laboratory.
