Figen Seymen graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Türkiye, and obtained a Ph.D. degree and MSc degree from the same University and became a Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry in 2002. She has many years of experience in academics in all aspects of dental education, didactic, clinical/patient care, and research mentoring for both MS and Ph.D. students. She has lectured as an invited speaker and has participated in many presentations at congresses and continuous education courses. She is a member of various International Scientific Societies and Associations.
Between 2014 and 2017 she was the head of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at Istanbul University. In 2014 she was elected as President of the Turkish Society of Paediatric Dentistry and still she is continuing to serve as the President. She served as President of the Association of Mediterranean Societies of Pediatric Dentistry between 2014-2018 and still serves as a member of the Board of Directors. She was Councillor of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) between 2012-2018 and then held the following position: a member of the Credentials Committee.
She served as a member of the Membership Committee of IAPD between 2017-2019. She began to serve as a Board member of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD) in 2019 and held the position of Chair of the Education Committee and Representative of the Nations between 2019 to 2021. She was elected as President-Elect of IAPD in 2021 and she begin to serve as President of IAPD in June 2023.
She is on the Advisory Board and Editorial Board of several international and national journals and published over 300 research papers-articles and co-authored several book chapters and obtained research grants.
She worked at Istanbul University Paediatric Dentistry from 1987-2022. In February 2022 she was appointed Chair and Program director at the Department of Pediatric Dentistry of Altınbas University.
Prof. Dr. Figen Seymen has been working in all fields of pediatric and preventive dentistry, and especially enamel anomalies, dental anomalies, genetics, syndromes, and aesthetic treatments of tooth anomalies are among her special interests.
