DT. RUKİYE BİLGİ KOÇ

Dentist / Co-Founder of Private Mergendent Dental Clinic

Dt. Rukiye Bilgi Koç graduated successfully in 2020 from Kocaeli University, Faculty of Dentistry, an institution highly regarded for its rigorous and dynamic academic curriculum. Immediately following her graduation, she transitioned into clinical practice, successfully translating her innovative medical foundation into real-world patient care. To consolidate her professional independence and vision in patient management, she practiced independently in her private clinic during the first three years of her career. This period provided her with the opportunity to personally structure a boutique dentistry philosophy, a patient-centered approach, and elite clinical protocols. Driven by the ambition to bring her extensive experience and “personalized treatment” vision to a broader audience within an institutional framework, she co-founded Private Mergendent Dental Clinic. For the past three years, she has been welcoming patients at Mergendent, which has rapidly become a benchmark reference center in the region thanks to its advanced digital infrastructure, multidisciplinary collaborative environment, and contemporary medical vision.

Throughout her six years of active clinical experience, Dt. Rukiye Bilgi Koç has meticulously followed all technological advancements, international treatment trends, and evidence-based scientific literature in modern dentistry. Her clinical work focuses primarily on Advanced Surgical Procedures, Implantology (Implant Treatments), Complex Prosthetic Applications, and Aesthetic Smile Design. While restoring functional losses in oral, jaw, and dental structures through high-level anatomical and engineering precision, she aims to restore aesthetics in its most natural form, adhering strictly to the principles of biomimetic (nature-mimicking) dentistry. Operating on the premise that every individual’s oral morphology and aesthetic expectations are entirely unique, she designs customized micro and macro treatment plans utilizing an interdisciplinary perspective.

The core pillar of her medical doctrine rests upon achieving high clinical success rates combined with strong patient-doctor communication rooted in deep empathy. Fully aware that dental anxiety and fear of the dental chair widely compromise patients’ quality of life, Dt. Rukiye Bilgi Koç makes it her mission to educate her patients transparently with scientific data at every stage and to manage their anxieties with psychological sensitivity. Committed to transforming dental treatments into completely comfortable, painless, safe, and predictable experiences, she creates an atmosphere of familial trust through her warm and approachable manner, while never compromising on medical ethics, sterilization standards, or institutional professionalism.

Driven by the ultimate professional motivation of permanently optimizing her patients’ oral health and seeing them leave the clinic with confident, happy smiles, Dt. Rukiye Bilgi Koç continues her visionary work at Private Mergendent Dental Clinic. She remains dedicated to integrating the latest dental industry innovations into her practice, raising public awareness regarding oral health, and bringing the future of digital dentistry solutions to her patients today.

ATTENDED TRAININGS, SYMPOSIA, AND CERTIFICATES

• December 2025 | My Dental & Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists

“The Path to Clinical Success: Integrated Solutions from Periodontology to Prosthodontics, Orthodontics to Surgery” Scientific Participation Training.

• November 2025 | Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists

“November Symposium” Scientific Event and Congress Participation (Tryp by Wyndham Izmit).

• May 2025 | Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists & M Dental

Theoretical and Practical Clinical Trainings conducted by Prof. Dr. Faysal Uğurlu, Prof. Dr. Onur Gönül, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Atalı, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ömer Birkan Ağralı.

• December 2024 | Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Dentistry & Visy Academy

Theoretical and Practical Course on “Basic Implantology with Clinical Cases” led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eser Elemek.

• November 2024 | Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists

Scientific Event Participation held within the scope of November 22nd Dentists Week.

• May 2024 | Visy Academy Turkey

International “Basal Implants Conference and Workshop” conducted under the guidance of Dr. Abou Rabii Iyad (Director of the Master’s Program in Implant Dentistry) and Dr. Lerebours Augustin (Director of Research and Development at Visy Implant).

• March 2024 | Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists

“Spring Symposium” Scientific Event Participation (Tryp by Wyndham Izmit).

• November 2022 | Kocaeli Chamber of Dentists

Comprehensive Scientific Training Seminar with the distinguished participation of Dr. Hakan Çolak, Dt. Elif Özcan Dulundu, Prof. Dr. Emre Nagaş, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Atilla Ertan, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Buket Han, Prof. Dr. Emir Yüzbaşıoğlu, Dr. Özgür Yıldırım Torun, Dr. Serhat Köken, Prof. Dr. Deniz Gemalmaz, and Dt. Caner Alp.

• October 2021 | Medya Team Publishing Group

Main Congress Participation at the 14th International Dentistry and Dental Technology Event (Mirage Park Resort Hotel, Antalya Kemer).

• October 2021 | Medya Team Academic Trainings

Hands-on Clinical Training and Course on “Soft Tissue Surgery” presented by Prof. Dr. Hare Gürsoy.

• October 2020 | EDAD (Academy of Esthetic Dentistry)

Digital Participation in the “24th International Congress of Esthetic Dentistry”.