Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rüştü Önol

He was one of the pioneers in laying the scientific foundations of dentistry. He was born in Istanbul on June 24, 1888. He left the Law School in his third year to enroll in the School of Dentistry. He served his military duty as a reserve officer in Syria during World War I. In 1916, he was appointed as an assistant at the School of Dentistry. In 1921, he was appointed assistant instructor for the course on Dental Diseases and Treatment, and in 1922, he became an instructor for the course on prosthodontics, his primary field of expertise. He was appointed professor in 1933. He retired on June 25, 1958, while serving as “Director of the Prosthodontics Institute,” and passed away in 1970.