FDM

Work experience:

November 2022 – Head of the Department of Conservative Dentistry. Currently serves as a member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia.
March 2022 – Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia.
1993 – Faculty member at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia.
1992–1993 – Dentist, 25th Dental Polyclinic, Sofia.

Education:

2017 – Awarded the Doctor (PhD) degree following the successful defence of the doctoral dissertation entitled “Investigation of low-shrinkage resin composites for direct restorations of class II lesions” (21 December 2017);
2005 – Specialty “General Dentistry”;
1997 – Specialty “Therapeutic Dentistry”;
1986–1992 – Master of Dental Medicine (DMD), Faculty of Dentistry, Higher Medical Institute, Medical Academy – Sofia;
1982–1986 – Secondary education, 35th Russian Language High School, Sofia.

Additional specialisations and postgraduate qualification courses:

2002 – Intensive English Language Course, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”;
2003 – Qualification Course: State-of-the-Art of Tooth-Coloured Adhesive Restorations, Ulm, Germany. Course Director: Prof. Dr. B. Haller. The course was recognised as part of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme by the Baden-Württemberg State Medical Association (Stuttgart, Germany) and the European Accreditation Council;
2005 – Qualification Course: Presentation Training for Lecturers, Elmau, Germany.

Scientific degree: "PhD" (2017)
“Investigation of low-shrinkage resin composites for direct restorations of class II lesions”

Academic titles and positions:

Since 2022 – Associate Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
2018–2022 – Chief Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
2017 – Awarded the PhD degree;
2015–2018 – Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
1993–2015 – Progressively appointed as Assistant Professor, Senior Assistant Professor and Chief Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
2016–2020 – Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
2016–2020 – Member of the Academic Council, Medical University – Sofia;
2016–2022 – Chief Administrative Assistant, Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia;
1998–2016 – Coordinator of the Clinical Activities of the Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University – Sofia.

Scientific activity:

Doctoral dissertation: Investigation of low-shrinkage resin composites for direct restorations of class II lesions, Sofia, 2017;
Sole-authored monograph: Modern dental resin composites. Ways to overcome polymerisation shrinkage, Sofia, 2021 (ISBN 978-619-7671-12-4);
Co-author of two educational manuals with self-assessment tests for undergraduate students in Preclinical Conservative Dentistry;
Author and co-author of more than 40 scientific publications;
Author of two educational films;
More than 20 presentations, including lectures, oral presentations and poster presentations at national and international scientific meetings;
Participant in numerous research projects (GRANT programmes) funded by the Medical University – Sofia;
More than 100 citations in Bulgarian and international scientific journals, doctoral dissertations and monographs.

Membership in professional organisations:

Sevda Yantcheva