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Bekir Karabucak, DMD, MS Assistant Professor-Clinician Educator Contact Information Robert Schattner Center University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Rm W8 Evans Building 240 South 40th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030 Phone: 215-898-4927 Fax: 215-573-2148 Email: bekirk@mac.com

Research Interests:
Dr. Karabucak is Assistant Professor of Endodontics-Clinician Educator and Director of the pre- and post-doctoral clinic in the Department of Endodontics at Penn Dental Medicine. He is involved with endodontic courses/seminars in pre- and post-doctoral programs. He also runs selective microscope training courses for pre-doctoral students.

After earning his dental degree from Istanbul University School of Dental Medicine in 1993, Dr. Karabucak completed his endodontic postgraduate training at the Department of Endodontics at Penn, where he also received his Masters in Oral Biology in 1998. He later earned his DMD degree from Penn Dental Medicine in 2002. His research interests include the cellular mechanisms of vasodilation and the inflammatory mediators in the dental pulp.

Dr. Karabucak has been the attending endodontist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia since 2005 and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. Additionally, he has lectured at national and international conferences and also serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Endodontics.

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