Sevil Gurgan was graduated from the Hacettepe University School of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey and got her Ph.D. degree in the Department of Restorative Dentistry of the same school. She became Associate Professor in 1988 and Professor in 1995. She had been as a visiting Professor at the New York University School of Dentistry in New York in 1995 and at the Tufts University School of Dentistry in Boston in 2005. She is an active member of International Association for Dental Research. She acted as member of Nominating Committee, board member of International Association for Dental Research Continental European Division between 2008-2012, board member of the European Academy of Operative Dentistry and member of Academy of Operative Dentistry. She was Vice President of Hacettepe University in 2008-2012 and head of the Department of Restorative Dentistry of the Dental School in 2005-2011. Currently she is professor at the same department and acting also a member of Board of Trustees of TED University in Ankara. She has several publications on dental materials and dental bleaching and has been giving lectures and courses in national and international congresses and meetings for more than 30 years.