Dr. Dong-Hwa Tom Chung DDS, MS, PhD

Dr. Dong-Hwa Chung received the DDS degree from Dankook University, South Korea in 1992 and got trained the orthodontic residency program at the same school. After finishing his military duty in Korea, he moved to US, joined Dr. John Rugh's lab at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as a research fellow in 1999, and received PhD degree from Baylor College of Dentistry, Texas A&M University, Texas in 2004. He started his teaching career as an assistant professor at the department of orthodontics, Dankook University in 2005, and continued his research on mechanical properties of human cortical bone and Finite Element Analysis of various clinical environments. He has conducted various studies on Maxillary Protraction and published several articles and a book chapter of a recently published book, Temporary Anchorage Devices in Clinical Orthodontics edited by Dr. Jae Park in 2020. He also has studies the Maxillary Skeletal Expansion and various digital approaches in orthodontic fields. Since 2020, he has been working as the Head of Jukjeon Dental Hospital at Dankook University for his administration career as well.