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The history of WCDI...
West Coast Center for Advanced dental studies was founded in 1998 by Dr. Jin Y. Kim. The original name of this organization was 'Orange County Dental Implant Instutute.' In 2006, the main office had moved to Diamond Bar, California and name was changed to West Coast Dental Institute, later to be changed to The West Coast Center.
Some of the activities of the past are lised here...
2004
October 17, 2004 “What’s New, Practical, and Logical in Implant Surgery”
Keynote Speaker
The 4th Annual Lifecore Implant Symposium


May 14, 2004 “Innovations in Soft and Hard Tissue Management
around Dental Implants”
Invited Lecturer
4th Annual Biohorizons International Symposium
May 1-2, 2004 “Innovations in Soft and Hard Tissue Regeneration
around Dental Implants”
Invited Lecturer
The 10th Annual Implant Dentistry Training Program
Implant Seminars,
March 22, 2004 “Surgical Guides in Implant Dentistry:
A Practical and Simple Clinical Perspective”
Invited Lecturer
Symposium to Celebrate 25th Anniversary of
UCLA Periodontics Program
UCLA

March 15-16, 2004 “Advanced Implant Surgery”
Course Director for 16 doctor participation course
Interdisciplinary


2003
November 6, 2003 “A Surgical Guide System to Ensure Precise Placement in Full Arch Immediate Loading Cases”
Table Clinic Presentation
52nd Annual Meeting of
November 5, 2003 “A Prospective Study of 17 consecutive immediate load
/ immediate function cases in a private practice setting”
Table Clinic Presentation
52nd Annual Meeting of
October 20, 2003 “Innovations in Hard & Soft Tissue Regeneration”
Invited Speaker
Busan Branch,
October 19, 2003 “Innovations in Hard & Soft Tissue Regeneration”
Keynote Speaker
3rd Annual Lifecore International Symposium

October 18, 2003 “Innovations in Hard & Soft Tissue Regeneration”
Invited Speaker
Jeonju Dental Association
August 27, 2003 'Innovations in Soft & Hard Tissue around Dental Implants ”
Invited Speaker
Implants in Jamaica - Symposium
ICOI-CORDIS
Montigo Bay, Jamaica

April 12-13, 2003 “Clinical Tips of Handling Hard & Soft Tissue”
Invited Speaker
February 28, 2003 “Peri-Implant Guided Bone Regeneration Utilizing
Calcium Sulfate as a Barrier…
- The Preservation of Esthetics & Function”
Invited Speaker, Clinical Innovations Session

February 8, 2003 “Peri-Implant Guided Bone Regeneration Utilizing
Calcium Sulfate as a Barrier…
- The Preservation of Esthetics & Function”
Invited Speaker,
International Congress of Oral Implantologists
Winter Symposium
San Francisco, California

2002
November 28, 2002 “Surgical Advances in Dental Implants
– A North American Perspective”
Invited Lecturer
The Oral Health Institute of People’s Republic of

June 9, 2002 “Management of Soft Tissue in Implant Surgery”
Invited lecturer
The 9th Annual Implant Dentistry Training Program
April 29, 2002 “A Little Wisdom about Third Molars: Surgical Management
of the Retromolar Region”
Invited lecturer,
Continuing education course
Korean American Dental Association,
March 19, 2002 “Peri-Implant Tissue Contour Transfer Technique: An
impression method allowing duplication of groomed
soft tissue contour to the definitive implant restoration”
Table Clinic
17th Annual Meeting,
2001
December 22, 2001 “Guided Soft Tissue Enhancement: Soft Tissue as the
Key Determinant in Esthetics & Function”
Invited lecturer
The Second Annual OCDII Implant Dentistry Forum
Orange County Dental Implant Institute

December 1, 2001 “10 Clinical Tips for Surgically Oriented General Dentists”
Invited lecturer,
Continuing education course
November 24, 2001 “Advances in Implant Surgical Techniques”
Invited lecturer, Continuing Education Course
November 23, 2001 “Advances in Implant Surgical Techniques”
Invited lecturer, Continuing Education Course
November 22, 2001 “Soft Tissue Handling Techniques in Advanced Implant Surgery”
Invited lecturer,
Conference for Periodontics Residents
Department of Periodontology,
November 21, 2001 “Advances in Implant Surgical Techniques”
Invited lecturer,
Staff Clinical Conference
The Institute for Oral Health,
May 21, 2001 “Non-Surgical Management in Clinical Periodontics”
Invited lecturer,
Continuing education course
Korean American Dental Association
April 20, 2001
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