Dr. Miroslav Stoykov Stoykov was born in 1993 in the town of Dobrich, Bulgaria. In 2013 Dr. Stoykov completed his secondary education with honors at the "Geo Milev" Language High School - Dobrich, profile "English language". After successfully passing the entry exams, he became a student in the specialty "Dental Medicine", Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University - Varna. Dr. Stoykov was a member of the Students' council Medical University – Varna in the period 2013-2018, and Vice-chairman for Faculty of Dental medicine in the period 2016-2018. Chairman of the Dental Medicine Students' Association - Varna in the period 2018-2019. Winner of the Annual Student Award "Varna" in the section "Health and Sports" in the fall of 2018. In 2019, Dr. Stoykov graduated with honors Faculty of Dental medicine, Medical University – Varna, and acquired a diploma for the specialty “Physician in Dental medicine". The same year he began working as a part-time assistant at the Department of "Dental Materials Science and Propaedeutics of Prosthetic Dental medicine". In April 2020 won a competition for a full-time assistant at the Department. In November 2020 continued his development and was enrolled as a full-time PhD student at the Department "Dental Materials Science and Prosthetic Dental medicine" after winning a competition. In 06.2022 was assigned to be the administrative assistant of the Department "Dental Materials Science and Prosthetic Dental medicine".
His interests are in the field of Prosthetic dental medicine, Dental implantology, Biomaterials, Dental sleep medicine.
Dr. Stoykov is fluent in English and German.
Teaching activities:
Participates in the teaching process of dental medicine students, Bulgarian- and English-language training programmes for the disciplines:
- Dental Materials Science
- Dental morphology, occlusion and function of the jaws
- Propaedeutics of Prosthetic Dental medicine
- Clinics of Prosthetic Dental medicine
Qualifications:
Dr. Stoykov takes part in numerous scientific forums, symposiums, practical courses and research projects in the country and abroad, as an additional qualification.
Participations in projects:
- Project #20011, Fund “Nauka" session 2020 with the title: "Investigation of vestibular function with the method of static and dynamic posturography in patients with craniofacial deformities" (2020-2023) – participant
- Project under Contract КП-06-Н53/11, 11.11.2021, Bulgarian national science fund, “Examination of voice quality and characteristics in patients before and after dental treatment utilizing a laryngostroboscope" (2021-2024) – participant
- Project #21006, Fund “Nauka", session 2021 with the title: “A rhinomanometric study of the characteristics and quality of the nasal breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and snoring, proposed for a conservative treatment with intraoral devices" (2022-2025) – participant
- Project № BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02, Scientific group 3.2.2. Obstructive sleep apnea and comorbidity, European Union-NextGenerationEU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria
Bulgarian Dental association (BDA), Bulgarian OSA and Snoring Society,
Bulgarian Academy of Sleep Medicine, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria – branch
Varna.
