Richard Leesungbok
Director & Vice President
Implantology Research Group, IADR
South Korea
Biography
Prof. & Dr. Leesungbok is Head Professor at the Department of Prosthodontics, Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea He is also the head at the Center of implant & Esthetic Dentistry and President of Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, South Korea. His specialties are in the areas of Implant Dentistry, Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, and Human Jaw Function & Occlusion. He is a board member of the IRPMD(international research project for magnetic dentistry), and a fellow and education delegate of ITI(international team for implantology). He awarded "The Best Academic Thesis Award" at Annual Scientific Meeting on The Korean Academy of Prosthodontics 1992, "The 12th Ko-Hwang Medical Silver Award (Thesis: A study on the normal & abnormal occlusal patterns in adults using the superimposed rubber pattern method)†in 1996, and "The 15th Ko-Hwang Medical Silver Award in 1999. He also awarded “The Best Education Director on Magnetic Dentistryâ€, and “Silver Award of The Excellent Thesis on Magnetic Dentistry†International Symposium of IRPMD, Shanghai, China in 2002
Research Interest
Implant Dentistry, Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, and Human Jaw Function & Occlusion