
Chun-Teh Lee DDS, MS, DMSc
Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry, Houston, TexasDr. Chun-Teh Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry, where he is also Director of Research for the Department of Periodontics and Dental Hygiene.
Following graduation from dental school, Dr. Lee served as Dental Officer in the Combined Logistics School in Taoyuan, Taiwan, and then worked as a dentist in private practice in Taipei before coming to the United States.
In pursuing educational endeavors in the US, he was awarded a Master of Science (MS) degree and certificate in Periodontics by Columbia University College of Dental Medicine in New York. He was awarded a Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) in Oral Biology from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and then completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in Applied Oral Sciences at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dr. Lee’s research focuses on the interaction between host response and oral microbiota in periodontitis, computer-aided diagnosis and he is also active in implantology and evidence-based dentistry. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles, 55 abstracts, and several book chapters. Dr. Lee has given numerous invited presentations in Taiwan and the US and is the recipient of many awards and honors. His clinical interests involve periodontal and implant treatments.
He is an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Education Association, International Association for Dental Research and American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, among other professional organizations.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Positional Assessment of the Mandibular Third Molar and Mandibular Canal Using AI
- 2022 Top Story in Clinical Dentistry: Omega-3 Fatty Acids as an Adjunct Therapy for Periodontitis
- Prevalence of Peri-Implantitis
- Deep Learning for Diagnosing and Classifying Dental Anomalies on Panoramic Radiographs
- Use of Bone Substitute Material in Reconstructive Surgical Therapy of Peri-Implantitis
- Immediate Implant Placement With or Without Socket Grafting
- Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Active Periodontal Therapy
- Deep Convolutional Neural Network Models for Detecting Mandibular Fractures in Panoramic Radiographs
- Artificial Intelligence Models for Diagnosing Gingivitis and Periodontal Disease
- Accuracy of a One-Step Automated Orthodontic Diagnosis Model Using a Convolutional Neural Network and Lateral Cephalometric Images