Born in 1994 in Edirne, she completed her primary and secondary education in Istanbul.
She graduated from Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School in 2012.
In 2017, she obtained her degree from Marmara University Faculty of Dentistry.
In 2018, she was admitted to the Department of Pedodontics at Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Dentistry for her specialization training. In 2023, she successfully completed her thesis titled "Evaluation of the Intracoronal Bleaching Effectiveness of Discoloration in Teeth Undergoing Regenerative Endodontic Treatment" and earned the title of Specialist Dentist.
Between March 2023 and November 2024, she served as an Assistant Professor at Biruni University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pedodontics, where she also held the position of Head of the Department.
Between 2015 and 2017, she was a member of Young EDAD. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Turkish Society of Pedodontics (TPD) and closely follows the latest advancements in pediatric dentistry. Her areas of interest include dental trauma treatments, regenerative endodontic therapy, treatments under general anesthesia, space maintainers, preventive applications such as fluoride and fissure sealants, as well as aesthetic and functional procedures like resin infiltration applications.
She is fluent in English and has an intermediate level of proficiency in French.
She continues her professional career as a Pediatric Dentistry Specialist at İstanbul Diş Akademisi.
A. Papers Presented at International Scientific Conferences and Published in Proceedings:
Ş.İ. Küçük, B. Özmen. “Enamel hypoplasia of permanent successors due to dental trauma in primary teeth: three case reports”, published in the proceedings of the IAPD20 Virtual Congress of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry, 333pp., 2020.
Ş.İ. Küçük, B. Özmen, M. Moghbel. “A rare tooth eruption problem: impacted primary molar tooth”, published in the proceedings of the 8th International Mardin Artuklu Scientific Researches Conference, 337pp., 2022.
N.B. Ayna, Ş.İ. Küçük, B. Özmen. “Delayed tooth eruption due to fibrotic mucosa and its treatment: two case reports”, published in the proceedings of the 8th International Mardin Artuklu Scientific Researches Conference, 130pp., 2022.
A.T. Ulusoy, Ş.İ. Küçük, Z.C. Çehreli. “The effect of placement of mineral trioxide aggregate on root canal dentin thickness in necrotic young permanent teeth: case series”, published in Clinical Sciences Journal (ADO) as part of the 26th Turkish Dental Association International Dentistry Congress, 165pp., 2022.
B. Articles Published in National Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Ş.İ. Küçük, B. Özmen. Developmental defects in permanent teeth due to trauma in primary teeth: three case reports. International Journal of Dental Sciences, 2020; 3:25-30.
B. Özmen, Ş. Çolak, Ş.İ. Küçük, M. Moghbel. Radiographic evaluation of impacted primary molars: a retrospective archive study. Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dental Sciences, 2024;30(4):603-9.
