After graduating from Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry in 1998, Prof. Dr. Ali Murat Kökat completed his PhD in Prosthetic Dentistry in 2004.
He worked as lecturer at Yeditepe University and he continued his career at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University, as ITI Scholar for Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases and Surgery during 2008 and 2009. He received the title of associate professor in 2012, and in 2018, he was appointed as university professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Okan University.
Currently he is the coordinator of PhD programme for Prosthetic Dentistry at Istanbul Aydın University and continues to work at his private practice.
He focuses on digital dentistry, porcelain laminate veneers and implantology and published many articles in international peer-reviewed journals besides courses and lectures on this topics regularly.
He translated 8 books to Turkish and wrote chapters for 2 books on implant dentistry.
Dr. Kökat is an ITI Fellow since 2011 and worked as Communications Officer, Education Delegate and Chair in ITI Türkiye Section Leadership Team and he is a member of ITI Board of Mentors.