The 21st Annual Meeting of the Chinese Orthodontic Society- (International Session Rebroadcast)

Dr. Ngan is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is also a member of the Angle East (Eastern Component of the Edward H. Angle Society), the International Association for Dental Research, the American Dental Association, the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Dental Education Association, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Association for Dental Research. He has published more than 150 original research and clinical papers in refereed journals and 170 abstracts, including contributions to several monographs and textbooks. He focuses on the early treatment of dental and skeletal malocclusions, and his research interest includes growth and development, biology of tooth movement, dentofacial orthopedics, orthodontic appliance therapy, oral implantology, orthodontic bonding systems and adult interdisciplinary treatment.

Dr. Won Moon is the Founder/CEO of the Moon Principles Institute (“the MoonLab”) and a Co founder/Chief Innovations Officer of BioTech Innovations. He served as the Thomas R. Bales  Endowed Chair in Orthodontics for the orthodontic residency program at UCLA School of Dentistry  (2013-2020), and he currently holds two academic positions: Full-Professorship at Ajou University  School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professorship at the Forsyth Institute. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2002. He completed his dental education at Harvard and  orthodontic education at UCLA. He studied mathematics prior to dentistry, and his research topics  include 3D image analysis utilizing surface mapping functions and Elliptical Fourier’s Descriptors,  Genomewide Association Study of Craniofacial Phenotypes, Finite Element Model (FEM)  Development and Simulation, Applications of 3D Printing in Orthodontics, Orthopedic Correction,  Airway Changes with Orthopedic Corrections, Accelerated Tooth Movement, Micro-implant (MI)  Design study, Digital Workflow, and Aligner System Development. His work has been published in  various journals, not necessarily limited to orthodontics because of his physical science background,  and he is a co-author of six textbooks. He has presented these findings in 42 countries, totaling over  500 presentations. He received multiple research grants during his tenure at UCLA, including the  Groundbreaking Research Project Grant Award in 2014. Besides the numerous research and  presentation awards over the years, he has received the “Faculty of the Year Award” multiple times at UCLA Orthodontic Program, and he was the recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement and Faculty  Dedication/Excellence Award” in 2019. His current focus has been establishing protocols for  orthopedic corrections with MI, improving the airway for patients with nasal obstruction, creating  virtual patients utilizing image analysis and FEM, and developing a novel Moon Aligner System. 

His interest in aligner systems began in 2010 as the aligner systems became popular, but they had  countless shortcomings and could not achieve optimal orthodontic results. He has won the Center  Award Grant from the American Association of Orthodontic Foundation (AAOF) in 2018 as a Co-PI of  the research project, “Standard Characterization of Clear Orthodontic Aligner”, and the goal of the  project was to develop protocols that can be used to evaluate the mechanical properties of clear  aligners. He was also invited as a keynote speaker for the Congress of the Spanish Society of Aligners (SEDA) and National Congress of Italian Aligner Society (SIALIGN) in 2021. He is currently involved  in multiple aligner research projects in collaboration with national and international colleagues. He  holds multiple patents, three of which are aligner related, and more patents are on the way.  

His interest in mid-facial expansion began in 2004 as micro-implant became available in the USA, and  he is responsible for developing Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE), a unique micro-implant assisted  rapid palatal expander (MARPE). He has been active in advocating non-surgical skeletal expansion in  both children and adult patients, especially for those who may suffer from airway restrictions. His  presentation in MSE has been widely accepted internationally, and numerous peer-reviewed  publications are available.

His active biomaterials research program has produced more than 240 peer-reviewed articles, over 30 patents, 21,000 citations, and several start-up companies.  He has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 20 years and is principal investigator of a center award funded by the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation to establish objective testing methods to characterize orthodontic aligner materials.  Prof. Wu serves on numerous advisory boards for government, academia, and industry, and is a fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics and provides prosthodontics patient care at UCLA faulty practice clinic.

He is also President of Korean Association of Orthodontists and Past President of Korean Cleft lip and Palate Association. In addition, he is a member of Editorial Review Board of Angle Orthodontist, a Peer reviewer of AJODO, EJO and other journals, and an Associate Editor, Progress in Orthodontics and AJODO-clinical companion. He received a 2009 CDABO Case report of the year in Boston AAO meeting and gave a talk in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2019 AAO meetings.

Dr. Hatch is certified by the American Board of Orthodontists. She has mentored numerous orthodontic residents on their research, several of whom have won research awards from the American Association of Orthodontists and/or the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation. She has served as a primary organizer and host of the Moyers Symposium on Orthodontics for the past five years. Dr. Hatch’s research interests include basic and translational research in bone biology and the molecular etiology of craniofacial anomalies, as well as the development of biologic mediators and drug delivery systems for control of orthodontic tooth movement and retention. Her research has been funded by the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, foundations, corporations, and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH/NIDCR). She holds a patent on a Tissue Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase as a biomedical treatment approach for craniosynostosis.

He studied at TMDU, the University of British Columbia, Canada and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Prof. Ono worked and has been working as an Adjunct/Visiting Professor at 6 domestic and 5 international universities. He also serves as an editorial board member for 12 international peer-reviewed journals. He has published 11 book chapters and 286 scientific articles and has been invited extensively for lecturing nationally and internationally. Prof. Ono is a recipient of IADR/AADR Williams J. Gies Award in 2018, SIDO Anthony Gianelly Award and Honorary Membership of Taiwan Association of Orthodontists in 2020. He was appointed as Chairman of the 9th International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) in 2020, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO).

She received her Doctorate Degree in Odontology (Dr Odont) at the University of UCM. She is a specialist in Statistics and Experimental Design, having completed a Masters’ Degree at the University Autonoma in Barcelona. Now She is also on the editorial board of the European Journal of Orthodontics. She is currently the PI of the research group “Craniofacial Biology: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics” (BIOCRAN) officially recognized and funded by the Spanish Government. Her past responsibilities in research involved the participation in two other research groups, one dealing with masticatory muscle physiology and neuromuscular activity in different malocclusions (mainly posterior cross-bites), and the ETEP research group: a multidisciplinary research group in aetiology and therapy of periodontal diseases, that covered topics such as biology of tooth movement, antimicrobial approaches in the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis and peri-implant infections and bone and soft tissue biology.

He is also an adjunct professor at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, USA. He is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics. His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care.

The Division comprises the Sections of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. Besides his teaching and clinical responsibilities in Orthodontics, Ting’s original research has received well over 6,000 citations. It has been published in many leading journals, including Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLOS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, and Biomaterials, etc. In 2018, Professor Ting and his team received the International Space Station (ISS) Innovation Award For Biology and Medicine for Development of NELL-1 Bone-Growth Systemic Therapy by the American Astronautical Society. Dr. Ting has received over US 30M in funding as a key investigator in his career.

Dr. Wu’s clinical expertise includes craniofacial growth-modification, multidisciplinary craniofacial deformity treatment, management of complications in orthodontic treatment. Dr. Wu is also actively involved in translational and clinic studies, including development of preventive and therapeutic tools against craniofacial deformity and orthodontic-related oral infectious diseases.  The novel technologies developed by Dr. Wu were licensed by several dental companies. In addition, Dr. Wu’s basic research has been focused on using multidisciplinary approaches to study oral microbial pathogenesis with a specific focus on microbial biofilm, inter-species interaction and signal transduction. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented her research at national and international conferences. Dr. Wu has received awards and funding from American Association of Orthodontists, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, and National Institutes of Health.