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Professor and Chair, Section of Restorative Dentistry
University of California, Los Angeles
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Reuben Kim is a Professor and Chair of the Section of Restorative Dentistry and the Director for Collaborative Research Programs in the Division of Constitutive & Regenerative Sciences. Dr. Kim also holds a dual appointment with the Section of Oral Biology. Dr. Kim is currently the Course Chair for the 6-quarter long Direct Restoration courses for both first and second year dental students and an active practitioner in the UCLA Faculty Group Dental Practice as a restorative dentist.
Dr. Kim's research interests lies in; 1) the role of osteomucosal healing in ONJ development by bisphosphonate and denosumab, 2) the role of epigenetics in aging and HPV-associated oral carcinogenesis, and 3) mechanisms of pulp regeneration in the context of reparative dentin formation. Based on clinical experiences and observations, our laboratory developed animal models that recapitulate multiple disease entities, including ONJ lesions, oral cancer development, and direct pulp capping, to examine the underlying pathophysiology at the preclinical level. Our lab also utilizes in vitro cell culture system and various biochemical techniques to elucidate the fundamental mechanisms at the molecular level.