Dentist Canan Yümsel was born in Fethiye district of Muğla in 1967. She completed her primary and secondary education in Antalya.

In 1990, she graduated from İstanbul University (Çapa) Faculty of Dentistry, which is the best in the field of dentistry in Turkey.

From 1991 to 2013, she worked as a freelance dentist at her own clinic in Antalya. In 2013, she founded Private Hurma Oral and Dental Health Polyclinic, and she has been accepting patients at this Polyclinic ever since.

To improve her professional perfection, Canan Yümsel attended at least two seminars in a year both in Turkey and in Europe, since the first year she started her career.