Dt. Şafak Erkün successfully graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Dentistry.
In 2011, he started working as a Research Assistant at the Gazi University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics.
In October 2016, he submitted his doctoral thesis titled ‘Investigation of stress distribution in miniscrew placement areas in adolescent individuals with different vertical growth patterns using the finite element method’, earning the titles of ‘PhD in Orthodontics’ and ‘Orthodontics Specialist’.
After working at Antalya Panaromik Dental Clinic in 2018, Dt. Şafak Erkün began providing services to his patients in 2019 at the Private De Clinic Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic located in Muratpaşa, Antalya, of which he is the founder.