Mutlu Keskin

Assoc. Prof. Mutlu Keskin is an experienced periodontist and academic with a strong clinical and teaching background. He earned his postgraduate degree in Periodontology from the Istanbul University Institute of Health Sciences in 2014. Since 2023, he has been practicing with the Acibadem Health Group, where he combines advanced periodontal care with a patient-centered approach. His work emphasizes evidence-based treatment, long-term oral health, and continuing education for both patients and colleagues.

Education

• 2014 Istanbul University Institute of Health Sciences Periodontology
• 2010 Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry

Experience

• 2023 Acibadem Health Group

Publications

• A Comparative Analysis of Treatment-Related Changes in the Diagnostic Biomarker Active Metalloproteinase-8 Levels in Patients with Periodontitis
  Diagnostics. 2023; 13(5):903. Keskin M. Rintamarttunen J, Gülçiçek E, Raisanen IT, Gupta S, Tervahartiala T, Pâtilâ T, Sorsa T.
• Oral Cavity Beta-Defensin Levels Are Regulated Differently during Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
  Applied Sciences, 13(4), 2056. (2023) Keskin, M.. Suomi, E., Harmankaya, I., Karaçetin, D., Sorsa, T., & Gürsoy, U. K.
• Radiotherapy increases aMMP-8-levels and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio rapidly in head and neck cancer patients: a pilot study
  Cancer Control. 2023; Accepted on Feb. 24, 2023; Publication on progress. Brandt E. and Keskin M et al.
• aMMP-8 Oral Fluid PoC Test in Relation to Oral and Systemic Diseases. Front Oral Health
  2022 Jun 10;3:897115. doi: 10.3389/ffoh.2022.897115. PMID: 35757444; PMCID: PMC9226345. Sorsa T, Nwhator SO, Sakellari D, Grigoriadis A, Umeizudike KA, Brandt E, Keskin M. Tervahartiala T, Pâmânen P, Gupta S, Mohindra R, Bostanci N, Budun
• Oral Cavity Calprotectin and Lactoferrin Levels in Relation to Radiotherapy
  Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 44(10), 4439-4446. (2022) Keskin, M.. Kompuinen, J., Harmankaya, I., Karaçetin, D., Nissilâ, V., Gürsoy, M.,… & Gursoy, U. K.
• Effect of D-Ribose on Fusobacterium nucleatum Planktonic Proliferation and Biofilm Maturation
  Acıbadem University Journal of Health Sciences, 13(3), 379-384. (2022) Keskin, M.
• Active matrix metalloproteinase-8 and interleukin-6 detect periodontal degeneration caused by radiotherapy of head and neck cancer: a pilot study.
  Expert Rev Proteomics. 2020 Oct;17(10):777-784. doi: 10.1080/14789450.2020.1858056. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33406924. C, Gursoy UK, Silbereisen A, Bostanci N, Sorsa T.
• A Comparative Analysis of Biofilm Characteristics of Dual-Species Periodontopathogenic Biofilm based on Fusobacterium nucleatum and the Dual- Species Biofilm Response in the Presence of Antimicrobial Peptide
  Aurum Journal of Health Sciences 2 (2020 ): 1-10 Keskin, M.
• Two Cheers for Crohn’s Disease and Periodontitis: Beta-Defensin-2 as an Actionable Target to Intervene on Two Clinically Distinct Diseases
  OMICS. 2015 Aug;19(8):443-50. doi: Keskin M, Zeidân-Chuliâ F, Gursoy M, Könönen E, Rautava J, Gursoy UK.