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Dr. Jin Y. Kim
Director
Dr. Jin Kim is a dual board-certified specialist limiting his specialty practice to periodontics and reconstructive implant dentistry. His is unique in that as a specialist, he has the experience of having practiced general dentistry for close to a decade, and at the same time, has had a rich academic and research qualifications.
Jin was born in south Korea in 1964.He was raised in Vietnam and Australia for most of his younger years due to his parent's Christian missionary work. He had completed education at Newington College in Sydney, Australia, and went on to Faculty of Dentistry at University of Sydney, the oldest and the most reputable dental school in the southern hemisphere. He had graduated from the dental school in 1986, and went into complete a further degree in pathology at the Faculty of Medicine which was completed in 1988.
From 1989-1991, he served as a medical missionary in his native Korea, having been deployed by Uniting Church in Australia. Dr. Kim then settled in California where he completed degrees in public health, oral biology and eventually a three-year residency in periodontics and implant surgery at UCLA School of Dentistry in 1998. He became board-certified by the American Board of Periodontology in 1999, the year he started his first specialty practice in Garden Grove, California. Other credentials he has earned include Fellowship with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), Fellowship with the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) and his second board-certification with the American Board of Oral Implantologists/Implant Dentistry. Dr. Kim is a rare breed in that he is one of the very few specialists in the country to be dual-boarded in fields of periodontics and implant dentistry. Dr. Kim's bulk of time is spent at the two main practices, in Garden Grove and Diamond Bar, California. He is also the Director of Implant Dentistry at the Image Center, in Huntington Beach, California. At this state-of-art facility he works closely with cosmetic dentists, plastic surgeons, and anesthesiologists to bringing together synergistic outcome in the form of art and science of functional and cosmetic orofacial dentistry. Apart from the clinical practices, Dr. Kim is passionately engaged in teaching of dental students, residents and fellow dental professionals, as a lecturer at UCLA School of Dentistry and as a sought-out international speaker. He has spoken at numerous, reputable national and international podiums and a number of universities around the world in no less than 16 different countries. Link to Dr. Kim's lecture schedules Each year he spends 20-30 days on teaching and lecturing alone. He has contributed to scientific articles and dental textbooks. Link to Dr. Kim's publications
Dr. Thomas K. Lee
Co-Director
Dr. Thomas Lee is a specialist in prosthodontics, and is the current director of AEGD Residency Program at UCLA School of Dentistry. AEGD stands for Advanced Education in General Dentistry, and the program is a one to two year full-time post gradyate training program for dentists in comprehensive dentistry oncluding surgical and restorative areas of dental implants. Dr. Lee, as a specialist clnician maintains a private practice in Westwood, California, limiting his practice to advanced restorative dentistry and reconstructive implant dentistry. Dr. Lee lectures on the topics of implant dentistry, occlusion, restorative techniques and restorative materials locally and abroad. Dr. Lee has been involved in teaching through the West Coast Dental Institute since 1999.
Jewel Foster
Executive Director
Jewel has been involved in clinical dentistry her entire adult life, from clinical assistant to practice administrator. She is the chief administrator of educational programs at West Coast Dental Institute, and she also operates the day to day activities of 'Diamond Bar Implant Study Club.'
Tanya Nix
Sandra Duenas
, Tanya, Deanna, Jewel
enquiries to:
909-860-9225
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