Harvard-Trained | Dual-Doctorate | Dual-Diplomate | Prosthodontist
Academician │ Clinician │ Innovator
Academic Activity
Invited Lectures
4/2016 “Multidisciplinary treatment planning”
National Prosthodontics Awareness Week at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
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12/2017 “The hydropneumatic sinuslift technique and its impact on implant dentistry”
Regional ACP annual session at Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
12/2017 “Comprehensive fixed prosthodontics treatment from beginning to end”
Multidisciplinary seminar series at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
4/2018 “Surgical Prosthodontics”
National Prosthodontics Awareness Week at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
5/2019 “Injectable bioactive gelatin-hyaluronan-calcium phosphate (GH-CP) and its osteogenic potential for flapless guided bone regeneration”
Research seminar series at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
11/2019 “CAD/CAM removable dentures (RPDs) and new materials & implant-retained RPDs”
Advanced Prosthodontics at NYUCD, New York, USA
6/2020 “Comprehensive treatment planning – full-mouth rehabilitation”
Prosthodontics Lecture Series at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
7/2020 “Case study presentation part I – ABP section D of Implant Surgery”
Prosthodontics Lecture Series at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
7/2020 “Case study presentation part II – ABP part IV of Removable Complete Denture”
Prosthodontics Lecture Series at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA
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7/2020 “Full-mouth rehabilitation in a realm of arts & science”
International Speaker Series at University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Guatemala
8/2020 “Implant prosthodontics”
Summer Prosthodontics Lecture Series at NYUCD, New York, USA
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11/2020 “CAD/CAM removable dentures (RPDs) and new materials & implant-retained RPDs”
Advanced Prosthodontics at NYUCD, New York, USA
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2/2021 “Implant manual lecture for predoctoral students”
Simulation-Fixed & Implant at NYUCD, New York, USA
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5/2021 “Occlusion – a pathway to non-destructive equilibrium”
Queens/New York County Dental Society, New York, USA
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11/2021 “Trajectory Guided Implant Surgery (TGIS) workflow in full-mouth rehabilitation
ADA SmileCone Lecturer, Las Vegas, USA
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11/2021 “Prosthetically-Driven Implant Surgery & Basics of Implant Prosthodontics”
Clinical Pearls in Oral Implantology – Didactic Session at NYUCD, New York, USA
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2/2022 "Surgical Prosthodontics in the era of computer-guided implant placement"
Guest speaker, Advanced Materials, Techniques, and Technology Class - DDDS 819, Texas A&M University: College of Dentistry
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3/2022 “Trajectory Guided Implant Surgery (TGIS) in full-arch implant rehabilitation”
Lead lecturer, MegaGen implant, S. Korea (received the “plaque of appreciation”)
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3/2022 “Prosthetically-Driven Implant Surgery & Basics of Implant Prosthodontics”
Clinical Pearls in Oral Implantology (peridontology honors) – Didactic Session at NYUCD, New York, USA
3/2022 “Full-arch implant rehabilitation – Part I: Dentate & Part II: Edentulous”
Lead lecturer, MegaGen America, New York, USA
9/2022 “Implant complications”
Advanced Prosthodontics at NYUCD, New York, USA
9/2022 “Biomechanics in implant dentistry”
Advanced Prosthodontics at NYUCD, New York, USA
10/2022 “Trajectory Guided Implant Surgery (TGIS) in full-arch implant rehabilitation”
Lead speaker, American Dental Association (ADA), Houston, USA
10/2022 “Prosthetically-driven implant surgery in modern computer-guided systems”
Lead speaker, American Dental Association (ADA), Houston, USA
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3/2023 “Trajectory-guided implant surgery (TGIS) workflow for full-arch implant rehabilitation enabling
more sophisticated fixed provisionals and loading options”
Finalist for ‘6 under 10’ Emerging Leaders Competition, Academy of Osseointegration annual meeting, Phoenix, USA (received the “3rd place winner of best in case”)
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4/2023 “Trajectory Guided Implant Surgery (TGIS) and craftsmanship in full-arch implant rehabilitation”
Lead speaker, MegaGen America Annual Meeting, New York, USA (received the “plaque of appreciation”)
4/2023 “The Future of Dentistry Powered by Innovation; AI and Robotics”
Duo-lecture by Dr. Kyle Stanely & Prof. Young K. Kim
MegaGen America Annual Meeting, New York, USA (received the “plaque of appreciation”)
9/2023 “Innovative initiatives in reconstructive dentistry”
Lead speaker, Second District Dental Society, New York, USA
11/2023 “Surgical prosthodontics – what, when and how”
Lead speaker, New York Academy of Oral Rehabilitation, New York, USA
Publications
Suda K, Tsuruta M, Eom J, Or C, Mui T, Jaw JE, Li Y, Bai N, Kim J, Man J, Ngan D, Lee J, Hansen S, Lee SW, Tam S, Man SP, Van Eeden S, Sin DD. Acute lung injury induces cardiovascular dysfunction: effects of IL-6 and budesonide/formoterol. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 45:510, 2011.
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Lee HJ, Lee J, Lee JT, Hong JS, Lim BS, Park HJ, Kim YK, Kim TI. Microgrooves on titanium surface affect peri-implant cell adhesion and soft tissue sealing; an in vitro and in vivo study. J Periodontal Implant Sci 45:120, 2015.
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Kim, YK & Spector M (2019). Injectable bioactive gelatin-hyaluronan-calcium phosphate (GH-CP) and its osteogenic potential for flapless guided bone regeneration (GBR). (DMSc doctoral thesis dissertation). Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA.
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Schoenbaum TR, Guichet DL, Jang JY, Kim YK, Wadhwani CPK. Clinician preferences for implant supported, full arch, fixed prostheses: a survey of the of the membership of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 2020.
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Kim YK. The power of social media, and its impact on modern dentistry. American Dental Education Association Volume 1 | Issue 2 | December 2020
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Kim YK, Turkyilmaz I, Chikunov I, Ghaderi P, Moghadam B, Moghadam M, Camacho LO, Soni A, Jahangiri L. NYU Predoctoral Implant Manual – Restorative. New York University College of Dentistry, 2021
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Kim YK & Talib H. NYU Implants – Robotics Protocol (Surgical). New York University College of Dentistry, 2021/22
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Schoenbaum TR, Kim YK, Khalifa F, Emergence contours for single-unit implant provisionals in the esthetic zone, Compendium, 42:7, 2021
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Kim YK. Prosthesis-Implant Arch Area Ratio (PIAAR) – A New Geometric Paradigm, Replacing the Current ‘A-P Spread’ of a Cantilever in Full-Arch Implant Prosthesis: A Proof-of-Concept Experiment. Journal of Prosthodontics, 2022;1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopr.13523
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Schoenbaum TR, Papaspyridakos P, Kim YK, Arce C, Knoernschild KL. Clinician preferences for single unit implant restoration designs and materials: a survey of the of the membership of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.02.010
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Giugliano TS, Kim YK, Bowley JF. Rotational torque-values in crown restorations with variations of occlusal cusp angulation in theoretical premolar- and molar-tooth forms, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, accepted, 2023.
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