Education and Career

• 2013 – Master's degree in Dental Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Sofia
• 03.2014 - present – Manager and Owner of dental practice APMB-IPPMB-DM - Dr. Yanitsa Istatkova
• 09.2017 - 31.05.2021 – Specialization in "Dental Clinical Allergology", Department of "Imaging and Oral Diagnostics", FDM, MU - Sofia
• 11.2018 - 13.11.2022 – Regular PhD student in the Department of "Imaging and Oral Diagnostics", FDM, MU - Sofia
• May 2021 – Acquired specialty "Dental Clinical Allergology"
• October 2021 - July 2022 – Honorary Assistant for student training and teaching in the disciplines "Dental Clinical Allergology" and "Oral Pathology" at FDM, MU - Sofia, 2 semesters
• 11.2023 – Awarded the educational and scientific degree "Doctor" after defending a dissertation on the topic "Latex Allergy in Dental Practice"
• February 2024 - May 2024 – Honorary Assistant in "Sports Medicine" at NSA "Vasil Levski", Department of "Sports Medicine" - 1 semester
• June 2024 – Wins competition for Assistant in "Sports Medicine" at NSA "Vasil Levski", Department of "Sports Medicine"

Courses and Specializations

• 06.2014 - 15.06.2014 – Participation in the XIV Scientific Congress of the BDA, Burgas
• 10.2017 - 20.10.2017 – Postgraduate course "Laboratory Methods for Studying Cellular Immunity", NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES, Sofia
• 10.2017 - 27.10.2017 – Postgraduate course "BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DISEASES", Medical Faculty, Medical University, Sofia
• 11.2017 - 19.11.2017 – Participation in the Seventh Scientific Congress of the SRK of the BDA, Sofia
• 22 - 26.10.2018 – Attendance of training course and workshop "PATCH TESTING IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CONTACT ALLERGY", Chemotechnique MB Diagnostics AB in Vellinge, Sweden
• 16 - 18.11.2018 – SEVENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ALLERGOLOGY WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION, Park Hotel "Moscow", Sofia with the following posters:
• "Comparative study of latex allergy among dental students and doctors - a pilot study" (Y. Istatkova, M. Dencheva, G. Nikolov, E. Stanev)
• "Thermographic study of reactions after prick test with local anesthetics" (E. Stanev, M. Dencheva, Y. Istatkova)
• Participation in "International Biomedical Congress of Sofia", 2018 with a poster on "Complex focal diagnostics in Dental Medicine" (Ioanna-Eirini Panteli, Alexander Galinos, Orestis Karakasis, Yanitsa Istatkova, Maria Dencheva)
• Participation in the First Interdisciplinary Forum Clinical Rheumatology, November 2018, Hotel "Rila", Borovets with a joint presentation on "Oral Focal Syndrome" (A. Krasteva, Y. Istatkova, M. Takorova, R. Kolarov)
• 03 - 05.04.2019 – Qualification course for postgraduate training in "METHODOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - OBJECT OF DISSERTATION THESIS AND MEDICAL STATISTICS"
• 06 - 08.06.2019:
• Participation with oral presentation on "Management of leukokeratosis - clinical cases" (Istatkova Y., A. Krasteva). BDLS Bulgarian Dental Laser Society and BAOM, June 2019, Plovdiv
• Participation with oral presentation on "Erythroplakia a flag for oral cancer - difficulty in treatment" (Istatkova Y., A. Krasteva). BDLS Bulgarian Dental Laser Society and BAOM, June 2019, Plovdiv
• 12 - 14 July 2019 – Plovdiv, Participation in Summer School of Dermatoallergology, certificate
• Participation in "International Biomedical Congress of Sofia", 2019 with a poster on "Medication induced hyperplasia of the gingiva" (Albena Georgieva, Hristofor Lazov, Yanitsa Istatkova)
• From 2014 – Membership in the Bulgarian Dental Association (BDA)
• Associate member of the "Bulgarian Society of Allergology" (BSA) - from 2018

Teaching Activities

Conducts exercises in "Sports Medicine" and "Hygiene" for students in the Bachelor's degree programs in the faculties of "Sports" and "Pedagogy", as well as "First Aid", "Hygiene", and "Ecology" - for students in the Faculty of Public Health and Health Care Technology.

Publications, Textbooks, Manuals

• Scientific Articles:

1. Istatkova, Y., M. Dencheva. Latex allergy in dental practice (literature review). PROBLEMS OF DENTAL MEDICINE Vol. 44 • 2018/1; 68-75
2. Istatkova YA, Dencheva M, Krasteva A, Nedeva D, Staevska M. Allergic or pseudo-allergic reaction to latex during prick-testing. Int J Med Rev Case Rep. 2020; 4(7): 13-16
3. Istatkova Y, M. Dencheva. Latex allergy - myth or reality among professionally involved medical staff - questionnaire survey. PROBLEMS OF DENTAL MEDICINE Vol. 46 • 2020/1; 26-34
4. Assya Krasteva, Yanitsa Istatkova, Mirela Marinova-Takorova. Patient With Osteoarthritis, Aggravated By Focal Infection From Dental Origin- A Case Report. Journal of Medinform, Vol.5, Issue 2, 2018, 846-852
5. Assya Krasteva, Yanitsa Istatkova, Anelia Gozeva. Clinical Case Of A Male Patient With Oral Ulcerative Lesions Due To Eppstein-Barr Virus And Cytomegalovirus. Journal of Medinform, Vol.5, Issue 2, 2018, 868-874
6. Mirela Marinova-Takorova, Assya Krasteva, Yanitsa Istatkova. Clinical Case Of Alopecia Areata Related With Dental Focal Infection. Journal of Medinform, Vol.8, Issue 1, 2021, 1317-1322
7. Mirela Marinova-Takorova, Assya Krasteva, Yanitsa Istatkova. Urticaria and Focal Infection From Dental Origin - Clinical Case. Journal of Medinform, Vol.8, Issue 1, 2021, 1299-1305

• Defended dissertation for awarding the educational and scientific degree "Doctor", higher education area 7. Healthcare and Sports, professional field 7.2. Dental Medicine, scientific specialty Therapeutic Dental Medicine / Yanitsa Alexieva Istatkova:"Latex Allergy in Dental Practice"

• Textbooks and Manuals:
• Participation in the creation (co-author) and printing of protocol notebooks for teaching the discipline "Dental Clinical Allergology" for the academic year 2019/2020 - in Bulgarian with ISBN 978-619-239-243-7 and in English with ISBN 978-619-239-244-4

• Participation in the creation (co-author) and printing of protocol notebooks for teaching the discipline "Oral Pathology" for the academic year 2019/2020 - in Bulgarian with ISBN 978-619-7164-15-2 and in English with ISBN 978-619-7164-16-9