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Luke Deukwon Jo, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor
Director, AEGD Westwood Residency Program
Phone
- (310) 825-5891
Office
A3-034 CHS
Address
UCLA School of Dentistry
10833 Le Conte Ave.
Box 951668
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
Biography
Luke D. Jo, D.D.S., Ph.D., is the director of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program in the UCLA School of Dentistry’s Westwood Clinic. Joining the School’s faculty as a clinical instructor in 2024, from 2011 to 2023 Dr. Jo rose from clinical Instructor to associate clinical professor and researcher in the Department of Prosthodontics at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in South Korea.
Representative Publications
- Jo DW, Yi YJ, Kwon MJ, Kim YK. Correlation between interimplant distance and crestal bone loss in internal connection implants with platform switching. Int J Oral & Maxillofac Implants. 2014; 29(2) :296-302.
- Jo DW, Dong JK. Effects of posterior ridge resorption and attachment wear on periimplant strain in mandibular two-implant-supported overdentures. J Prosthet Dent. 2015; 114(6): 839-847.
- Jo DW, Cho YD, Seol YJ, Lee YM, Lee HJ, Kim YK. A randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating efficacy and adverse events of different types of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 delivery systems for alveolar ridge preservation. Clin Oral Impl Res. 2019; 30: 396-409.
- Jo DW, Kwon MJ, Kim JH, KIM YK, Yi YJ. Evaluation of adjacent tooth displacement in the posterior implant restoration with proximal contact loss by superimposition of digital models. J Adv Prosthodont. 2019; 11(2): 88-94.
- Park SA, Lee HJ, Kim, Kim SY, Kim KS, Jo DW*, Park SY*. Three-dimensionally printed scaffold was more effective as an rhBMP-2 carrier for new bond formation than polycaprolactone alone. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2021 Jun; 109(6):840-848.
Educational & Professional Background
- D.D.S., Wonkwang University, School of Dentistry, South Korea, 2004
- M.S.D., Wonkwang University Graduate School, South Korea, 2007
- Ph.D., Wonkwnag University Graduate School, South Korea, 2014
- Certificate, General Practice Residency, Wonkwang University Dental Hospital, South Korea, 2005
- Certificate, Advanced Prosthodontics Residency, Wonkwang University Dental Hospital, South Korea, 2008
- Certificate, Advanced Education in General Dentistry, UCLA, 2024
Research & Interests
- Clinical study
- Implant biomechanics
- Digitalized dentistry
- Occlusal change after teeth loss
- Dental materials
Publications
Professional Memberships
- Associate fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
- Member of the review board, Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
- Executive member, Korean Academy of Digitalized Dentistry