Banu Karayazgan has been graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1997 and completed her specialty degree in prosthodontics at the same university. In 2004, she was accepted for the ITI scholarship program at the center for Implant Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville; USA. She received her associate professor degree in 2011 at the department of prosthodontics, Baskent University and currently; she is professor and chair at the department of prosthodontics, Okan University. She also works as a specialist prosthodontist in private practice in Istanbul. She is currently the Education Delegate of ITI Section, Turkey&Azerbaijan and the coordinator of Istanbul Academic ITI Study Club. She is an ITI fellow and registered speaker. Her fields of interest are mainly in implant dentistry and maxillofacial prosthodontics.