Prof. Ahmet Nejat Erverdi MD.

He completed his dentistry education at Hacettepe University in 1981 and his Doctorate of Orthodontics at Hacettepe University in 1985. He received the title of Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1994 at Marmara University. He was elected as a board member of the European Orthodontic Society in 2000. He was the president of the European Orthodontic Society in 2011, and in the same year, it was held for the first time in Istanbul under the presidency of the Eropean Orthodontic Society congress. Dr. Erverdi developed the Archwise distraction (AWDA) method, which is especially used in the treatment of cleft palate and lip, and wrote a book in English on this method with the invitation of Springer publishing house. He also has a book called Çağdaş Ortodonti published in Turkish. Dr. Erverdi has written 12 foreign book chapters so far. He has more than 100 domestic and foreign publications. Dr. Erverdi has 3 patents in total, 2 on orthodontic implants and 1 on alveolar distractors. Since 2017, he has been working as a faculty member at Istanbul Okan University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics.