Dr Kee-Joon Lee

Professor of the Department of Orthodontics, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea (DDS, PhD.)

  • Professor of the Department of Orthodontics, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
  • DDS and PhD degree at the Graduate school, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University
  • Completion of the orthodontics specialty training in Yonsei University Dental Hospital
  • Was a visiting scholar at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2002-2004 and at the Division of Plastic Surgery, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2010-2011
  • Adjunct professor at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania between 2016 and 2019 and at Temple University between 2010 and 2011.
  • Has contributed many book chapters on biomechanics of miniscrew-driven orthodontics, non-extraction treatment in adults, up-to-date lingual orthodontic mechanics and surgery-first approached using TADs.
  • He is the first who demonstrated the miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expander (MARPE) for adults in AJO-DO, which was cited by many other authors.

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Professional Positions

International member of American Association of Orthodontists
Member of World Federation of Orthodontists
President, Korean Cleft Lip and Palate Association (2021 - present)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Korean Dental Science (2014 - present)
Vice president, Korean Association of Lingual Orthodontists (2022-present)
Vice president, Korean Medical 3D Printing Association (2021-present)
Vice president, Korean Officials Dental Association (2020 - present)
International committee, Korean Association of Orthodontists (2022 - present)
Congress president, the 12th World Implant Orthodontic Conference (2021)
Advisory committee member of World Implant Orthodontics Association (2008-present)