• Works as an oral, dental and maxillofacial surgery specialist at our Allianoi Nişantaşı and Ataşehir clinics.
• Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry in 2014, and served as a research assistant at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery between 2016-2020.
• Member of TDB – Turkish Dental Association, TAOMS – Turkish Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Association and ITI – International Team for Implantology.

• Primary Education – Private Dadyan Armenian Primary School
• 2009 – Nişantaşı Anatolian High School
• 2009-2014 – Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry (Bachelor’s Degree)
• 2016-2020 – Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Specialization)
• 2016-2019 – Istanbul University Open and Distance Education Faculty, Healthcare Management Program

• Primarily under local anesthesia, as well as under conscious sedation or general anesthesia:
• Impacted tooth surgeries,
• Cyst and tumor surgeries,
• Dental implant procedures,
• All-on-4 and All-on-6 implant systems,
• Implant-related soft tissue management,
• Autogenous block bone grafting and soft tissue augmentation procedures,
• Sinus lifting surgeries,
• Jaw trauma and fracture treatments,
• Frenectomy (tongue-tie, lip-tie) and soft tissue surgeries,
• Treatment of salivary gland lesions such as mucocele, ranula, and salivary stones
• MRONJ (medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw) treatment,
• Masseter botox and gummy smile botox treatments,
• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders,
• Oroantral fistula repair,
• Pre-prosthetic surgical preparations.

• Received specialization in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with thesis research on “The Effect of Vitamin E on Mandibular Fracture Healing in Osteoporotic Rats.”
• Has extensive case experience in both conventional and advanced implantology thanks to a multidisciplinary surgical approach.
• Accepted for oral presentation at the 11th international congress of ACBID (Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery).
• Has achieved high patient satisfaction rates with routinely performed autogenous block grafting, All-on-4 and All-on-6 implant treatments.
• Fluent in English, taking an active role in multilingual patient communication and treatment planning.

Specialist Dentist Şant Altunkara adopts an approach that emphasizes both technical precision required by surgical discipline and patient communication and experience. Outside clinical hours, they actively participate in professional training programs and scientific publications.

They closely follow advancing technology in dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery, while also working on patient experience design and clinical process improvement through their academic interest in healthcare systems management.

Beyond clinical practice, they provide mentoring, clinical practice training, and case consultancy to university students and newly graduated dentists.