Education / Training

• High School; 1968-1975, Tehran American College and Ankara Ataturk High School
• Dentistry (Dentistry degree): 1976-1981, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara
• Doctoral studies (Dentistry Doctorate degree): 1984-1989, Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Prosthetic Dentistry
• Associate Professorship Studies, 1993, Istanbul University
• Professorship, 2001, Istanbul University

Experience

• 1981-1989 Private medical practice
• 1989-1990 Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dentistry
• Management and ownership of the Total-Dent clinic since 1993
• Implant surgery and restoration practices since 1995
• 1993-2003 Prosthetic materials consultant, Turkish Standards Institute, Ankara
• Since 2004 Swiss Plus (Zimmer) implants Türkiye director
• 2005 Master, International Association of Oral Implantology
• 2006 Diplomat, International Association of Oral Implantology
• 2009 Dr. Carl E. Misch, Dental Implant Prosthetics book translation editor

Selected Publications (Turkish publications are not included.)

• Kutay Ö: A silicone rubber spacer used to determine the optimum thickness for hard and resilient materials in complete dentures. J Prosthet Dent 69:329-32, 1993.
• Kutay Ö: Comparison of tensile and peel bond strength of resilient liners. J Prosthet Dent 71:525-31, 1994
• Kutay Ö, Bilgin T, Şakar O, Beyli MS: Tensile bond strength of a soft lining with acrylic denture base resin. J Prosthodont Rest Dent 2:123-6,1994.
• Kutay Ö, Akşit S, Balatlıoğlu A, Beyli MS. Effect of soft denture liners on masticatory performance and efficiency. J Dent Res 72: Special Iss, 1994.
• Kutay Ö, Balatlıoğlu A, Aksit KS, Pamuk S, Gür H, Pamuk E. Effect of soft denture liners on masticatory performance J Dent Res 75: Special Iss , 1996.
• Suer E, Pamuk S, Gür H, Pamuk E, Kutay Ö. Castability of two experimental alloys J Dent Res 75: Special Iss, 1996.
• H. Gür, S. Pamuk, E Suer, Pamuk E., Ö. Kutay. Strength of core materials with different prefabricated post heads design. J Dent Res 75:55 Special Iss, 1996.
• S. Pamuk, E. Suer, E. Pamuk, H. Gür, Ö. Kutay, H. Babacan. Root fracture with threaded prefabricated posts. J Dent Res 75:55 Special Iss, 1996
• Kutay Ö, Balatlıoğlu A, Pamuk S. Stress analysis of mandibular soft-lined denture periphery. J Dent Res 76:61 Special Iss, 1997.
• Balatlıoğlu A, Kutay Ö, Pamuk S. Effect of residual ridge height on stress distribution in denture supporting structures. J Dent Res 76:677 Special Iss B, 1998.
• Balatlıoğlu A, Kutay Ö. Effect of vertical load position on stress distribution of removable mandibular dentures. J Dent Res 76:933 Special Iss B, 1998.
• Balatlıoğlu A, Kutay Ö, Pamuk S. 3-D finite element analysis of mandibular complete denture. J Dent Res 81:177 Special Iss, 2000.
• Balatlıoğlu A, Kutay Ö, Bilal H, Bursa M. 3-D finite element analysis of soft-lined mandibular complete denture. J Dent Res 81: Special Iss A, 2002.
• H.Bilhan, T. Sulun, O Kutay Oral lesions in association with removable denture wearers J Dent Res 82: Special Iss B, 2003.
• Bilhan H., Sulun T. & Kutay O. “The prevalence and aetiology of denture related stomatitis in patients wearing removable dentures” in the journal Balkan Stomatology. Balk J Stom 2005; 9: 191-197.
• Bilhan H, Sülün T, Erköse G, Kurt H, Bilgin T, Kutay Ö, Erturan Z, The role of candida albicans hypea and lactobacillus in denture-related stomatitis The Clinical Oral Investigation 2008 6;240;
• Bilhan H, Kutay Ö, Arat S, Çehreli M, Çekici A ITI, Astra Tech and Branemark implants in the rehabilitation of partial edentulism: 2- year results Submitted for publication in The Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
• Bilhan H, Mumcu E, Sevin Ö, Kutay Ö. The Role of Platform-Switching in Marginal Bone Level Maintenance: a retrospective Clinical Study Submitted for publication in Implant Dentistry.
• Hakan Bilhan, Emre Mumcu, Sevin Erol, Ali Çekici, Ömer Kutay. The Influence of Nonsubmerged Healing on Marginal Bone Loss Around Astra Tech Implants: a 36 month clinical follow-up study. Submitted for publication in Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research.

Awards

• Admission to membership in the New York Academy of Sciences
• Scientific and Technical Research Institute of Türkiye (TUBITAK), Research Award
• TSE Member of ISO (International Standards Organization) Working Group 106
• Master's degree, International Association of Oral Implantology

Memberships in International Associations

• International Association for Dental Research – IADR (Active member since 1990)
• European Prosthodontics Association – EPA (European Prosthodontics Association) (1995)
  International Association of Oral Implantology (since 2003)
  Meffert Implant Institute