Dr. Yaneta Ivanova Kouzmanova obtained her medical education at Faculty of Dental Medicine, Sofia Medical University, Bulgaria and graduated with Master Degree in Dental Medicine (DMD). Subsequently, she worked as a general dental practitioner at Worker’s Hospital, Shumen City, for 7 years.

After postgraduate medical education at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, she acquired the specialty ‘General Dental Medicine’.

After that and until now, she worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Sofia Medical University.

Presently, she is a Chief Assistant Professor in the Department of Conservative Dentistry. Her subsequent education, research, professional experience, and academic degree are in the field of endodontics, with interests in endodontic materials (calcium silicate-based cements), endodontic anthropology, endodontic morphological aberrations, etc.

She defended her PhD thesis on the topic ‘Hermeticity of sealing of calcium-silicate cements used for endodontic perforation repair’ and acquired the degree of ‘Doctor in Medicine and Health Sciences’ (PhD).

Even now, she continues to improve her qualifications and professional skills with various courses on new endodontic materials, instruments and devices, and treatment techniques.

Other activities:

• Author and co-author of two chapters in a book published by Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York: Properties and Uses of Calcium Silicate. Amanda G Carlton (Editor), 2022. Book is available here.