Professor Jeongho Yoon of Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, recently received the KAOMI Implantium Academic Award (Gold Prize) at the international congress of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants (KAOMI), held at the Korea Science and Technology Center.

The award was established by the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants to encourage researchers, cultivate outstanding researchers in the field of implants, and contribute to the advancement of implantology.

Professor Yoon has for many years successfully carried out several national R&D projects in the fields of implants and periodontology. He has produced outstanding research results on dental implant design and surface development, and on oral and maxillofacial tissue regeneration using growth factors and stem cells. He has also contributed to promoting the commercialization of the developed technologies and to training future researchers.

He has also established an evidence base for clinical application through fundamental evaluation of related technologies and materials, thereby contributing to the introduction and commercialization of new dental clinical techniques.

Professor Yoon said in his acceptance remarks, "Through challenging research activities, I will continue to strive to promote the development of more innovative dental clinical technologies and, based on this, to create opportunities for new clinical treatments to be introduced into actual clinical practice."