2025 Scientific Conference
- November 7–9, 2025
- Conrad Los Angeles
- 18 CE Credits
- November 7–9, 2025
- Conrad Los Angeles
- 18 CE Credits
About The Conference
Join the Korean American Dental Association for three unforgettable days of advanced dental education, networking, and celebration in Los Angeles, CA from November 7 – 9.
- Earn 18 CE credits in one weekend
- Learn from 11 internationally recognized speakers
- Participate in hands-on workshops designed for practical skill-building
- Experience world-class dining including a Michelin chef-curated banquet dinner
- Join the community in networking socials and evening mixers
- Enjoy the luxury of the Conrad Los Angeles, located in the heart of downtown’s cultural district
Event Program
Designed to Be Unforgettable
Practical Education
Sessions cover techniques, strategies, and case-based insights you can bring into practice immediately.
Hands-On Learning
Workshops give you the chance to practice techniques under expert guidance.
Networking & Community
Build lasting relationships through cocktail mixers, social events, and a banquet.
A Luxury Experience
With Frank Gehry’s Conrad Los Angeles as your venue, every detail is designed to elevate your weekend.
World-Renown Faculty.
Cutting-Edge Topics.
18.5 hours of engaging lectures
Joseph Lee, DDS
Restorative Space: Guideline to Planning with Room Concept
Numerous numbers are given to clinicians and lab technicians to for restorative space, but what do these numbers mean? The goal of this presentation is a comprehensive understanding to restorative space. Approach implant treatment planning with restoration at mind, because the final outcome will always be a restoration. Therefore, the treatment plan must be prosthetically driven. Once the prosthetic has been determine, it will become more clear to plan your implant surgical intervention. The Room Concept will review compartments that will help illustrate the dimensions needed to plan prosthetically and biologically.
Jin-Ho Phark, DDS, Dr.Med.Dent.
Management of the Adhesive Interface
With a conservative approach in mind, the restorative team should be able to provide patients with minimally invasive, highly esthetic, and long-lasting solutions for indirect restorations.
Clinicians can choose from many different restorative materials when using digital techniques but are often confused which surface treatment and luting techniques provide long-term success. This presentation provides a systematic and scientific approach for selecting the best treatment modalities based on evidence-based research.
Hessam Nowzari, DDS, PhD
Aesthetic Zone Reconstruction, Bone and Soft Tissue Perspectives
Autogenous bone and soft tissue grafts are reliable. Mandibular cortical grafts and connective tissue grafts remain the gold standards in the restoration of intraoral tissue volume. They allow for dense quality grafts with short healing periods. In this presentation, surgical modalities aimed at enhancing bone and soft tissue structures will be discussed. Healing dynamics, factors affecting graft incorporation, and surgical complications and their resolution will also be addressed in the aesthetic zone.
David H. Kim, D.D.S., M.D
Intentional Coronectomy – Indications, Techniques, Cases
Intentional Coronectomy is a conservative approach to wisdom tooth removal, particularly when traditional extraction might risk injuring the inferior alveolar nerve. This presentation will discuss the indications, contra-indications, procedure and techniques, and potential complications. These concepts will be reviewed using actual clinical cases.
Allen Huang, MD, DDS, FACS
Multi-level Surgery For OSA: Form, Function, Flow
Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic disease characterized by intermittent cessation of airflow during sleep. The physiologic changes that occur have profound long term consequences across multiple organ systems that ultimately lead significant cognitive decline and accelerated biologic aging. As masters of craniofacial growth and development, dentist are uniquely positioned to identify anatomic risk factors that could lead to development of airway instability. Not only can preventative measures be implemented early, but surgical treatments can be offered to augment the soft tissue and bony skeleton to optimize form, function, and flow. Better sleep today for a brighter future tomorrow.
Mo Kwan Kang, DDS, PhD
Endodontic Regeneration – How it all started, and progress made to date.
Pulp tissue regeneration, such as revascularization, has gained tremendous clinical and scientific interest over the past decades. Recent studies uncovered the challenges with revscularization, including frequent root canal calcification and lack of functional pulp tissue regeneration. Thus, the future endeavors will be geared towards cell-based approaches, in which regeneration of pulp-dentin complex would circumvent the clinical challenges associated with pulp tissue regeneration. The lecture will highlight the current state of pulp regeneration approaches and ways in which dentin-pulp complex may be regenerated in otherwise necrotic pulp tissues.
Eddie Sheh, DDS
How to minimize complete denture problems
Complete dentures treatment is always a challenge not only for general dentists, but also for prosthodontists. This presentation will address some of the common problems with Complete Denture treatment such as poor retention, occlusion, fit/sore spots and propose some easy techniques to minimize these problems.
John B Won, DDS, MS, FACP
Dental Implants: Surgical Techniques, Complications, and Management Strategies
This lecture provides a comprehensive overview of dental implantology with a focused exploration of surgical complications and their management. As dental implants become increasingly common in restorative dentistry, understanding the potential risks and how to mitigate them is essential for clinical success and patient safety.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this lecture, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of dental implant placement, including indications, contraindications, and surgical protocols.
- Identify common intraoperative and postoperative complications associated with bone grafting and dental implant surgery.
- Classify complications based on severity (minor vs. major), preventability (avoidable vs. unavoidable), and timing (early vs. late).
- Apply evidence-based strategies for the prevention and management of complications.
- Recognize when to refer to a specialist or escalate care.
Thomas J. Han, DDS, MS. FACD
Achieving Predictable Esthetics in Maxillary Anterior Implant Dentistry
The challenge in implant dentistry today is properly managing problems in the maxillary anterior esthetic zone. Clinical judgement and skills required become more complex when the problem involves a missing interdental papilla. In-depth understanding of the relationship between the osseous, gingival, and restorative components, and their role in creating the profile necessary for the esthetics in implant dentistry is required. This course will describe clinical concepts, rationales, and minimally invasive soft and hard tissue surgical techniques for achieving anterior esthetics predictably with the least amount of discomfort to patients.
Educational Objective
- Update the present literature regarding diagnosis, treatment planning, and surgical techniques in esthetic implant dentistry
- Identify techniques and strategies that can be employed to resolve anterior cosmetic dilemmas
- Describe bone regenerative surgical techniques effective for implant esthetics
- Describe soft tissue plastic surgeries necessary for implant esthetics
- Predictable papilla regeneration technique
- Provide examples and rationale for using bioactive agents available today for enhancing bone and soft tissue regeneration and tissue healing.
Reuben Kim, DDS, PhD, FICD
Maximizing the bonding skills to optimize your clinical outcomes in your daily practice
Adhesive dentistry has become a cornerstone of modern dentistry. Growing body of knowledge and new products during the past several decades have offered wide variety of dental treatments that were once previously unattainable. Ironically, however, they also confuse and complicate their intended use of bonding products. While all dentists are performing bonding protocols one way or another in their daily practice, not all dentists really know whether their bonding skills truly work, often leading to premature failure in bonded restorations. In this seminar, we will go back to the fundamentals of bonding, mastering the concepts and techniques in the bonding to resin, tooth, or dental materials including porcelain, eMax, or zirconia.
Pf. Dongwook Kim, MD, DDS, PhD
Updated Approaches for Nerve Injuries from Dental Implants and Third Molars: Toward Better Recovery and Outcomes
There’s a saying in surgery: “Surgeons with no complications are those who never operate.” While this may sound like a justification, it also reveals the flip side of surgical practice—experiencing complications can deeply discourage surgeons from operating again. Although avoiding complications is always the goal, managing and resolving them is an essential part of a surgeon’s responsibility.
As a surgeon at a tertiary university hospital, the speaker has extensive experience managing complications—many referred from outside and not self-induced—including iatrogenic nerve injuries, particularly those related to dental implants and third molar extractions.
Until recently, such injuries were managed conservatively due to inconsistent surgical outcomes. However, recent advances have introduced a new paradigm in both evaluation and surgical reconstruction, showing promising results in restoring sensation and preventing chronic neuropathic pain. As these methods are relatively new, they remain unfamiliar to many clinicians.
In this lecture, the speaker will share updated perspectives and practical strategies for the evaluation and management of iatrogenic nerve injuries, based on extensive clinical experience in oncologic resection, complex jaw and facial reconstruction, and nerve repair. The lecture will provide practical guidance for clinicians and lead to better outcomes for patients.
CE Schedule
An Elevated Setting
Designed by Frank Gehry, the Conrad offers breathtaking views of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and downtown LA.
- 16,000-square-foot rooftop terrace & pool deck
- Conrad Spa with infrared saunas and recovery cabins
- Dining by José Andrés — including San Laurel, Agua Viva, and Airlight rooftop
- Steps from The Broad, MOCA, Grand Park, and Grand Central Market
Between learning and networking, you’ll be immersed in luxury, culture, and inspiration.
What’s included with registration?
Access to all lectures, networking events, meals, banquet, and social functions. Hands-on workshops may require early registration to secure a spot.
How many CE credits will I earn?
You can earn up to 18 CE credits over the course of the conference depending on your attendance.
Are hands-on workshops included?
Yes, but space and supplies may be limited. We cannot guarantee workshop placement for late registrants.
What is the cancellation policy?
For our latest refund policy, view our Refund Policy page.
What should I wear?
Business casual is recommended for sessions. Black-tie/cocktail attire is encouraged for the banquet dinner.
Register Now
Early registration is highly recommended to guarantee placement for hands-on workshops.
Discounted Rooms
To receive room discounts:
- Purchase tickets for the event.
- Email info@kadausa.org with proof of ticket purchase before October 7th, 2025.
Late submissions will not be eligible for room discounts.
KADA Members
Non-Members
Dental Students
Banquet Only
November 8, 6:00 PM
Black-tie requested
Hands-On Workshop
Available for first 30 registrants
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