Songül Özdemir Eğilmez, DDS

Songül Özdemir Eğilmez, DDS is a dentist in the Dental & Oral Health unit at Acibadem Atakent Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. She has more than 23 years of experience in dental practice. She graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Dentistry in 2003. Her listed areas of expertise are preventive dentistry, routine dental care, comprehensive oral care, dental treatment planning and oral health maintenance.

Her career has been spent in dental practice in Türkiye. After graduating, she worked as a dentist at Haşmet Gökdeniz Dental Clinic Nişantaşı from 2003 to 2004, and then at Kızılay Küçükçekmece Clinic from 2004 to 2007. From 2007 to 2014 she practised at Muayenehane Kdz. Ereğli- Zonguldak, and from 2014 to 2017 she was a dentist at Zonguldak Private Level Hospital. She joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in 2020 and now sees patients at Acibadem Atakent Hospital.

Clinical focus

Dr. Eğilmez’s work is centred on general dental care. Preventive dentistry and oral health maintenance involve regular examinations, identifying early signs of dental or gum problems and advising patients on how to protect their teeth and gums over time. Routine dental care covers the everyday dental needs that most patients have, and comprehensive oral care means looking at the mouth as a whole rather than at a single tooth in isolation.

Dental treatment planning is a further part of her practice. This means assessing a patient’s overall oral condition, discussing the findings and setting out the possible steps and their order, so that the patient understands what is being proposed and why. Patients researching restorative or cosmetic dental options may also read about E-Max Crowns, Composite Bonding, Laminate Veneers and Full Mouth Reconstruction on this site; whether any such treatment is appropriate for a given patient can only be decided after a clinical examination and a discussion of the individual situation.

How Dr. Eğilmez works with international patients

Dr. Eğilmez speaks Turkish and English, so a patient travelling from abroad can be understood in either language, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. The international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example dental X-rays, previous treatment records and laboratory results, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous dental treatments, a clinical examination of the teeth and gums and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a conversation with Dr. Eğilmez before making the journey; a final assessment and any treatment plan still depend on an in-person examination.