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 and computer-aided diagnosis; 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.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Medium- and Long-Term Clinical Benefits of Periodontal Regenerative/Reconstructive Procedures in Intrabony Defects
- 2020 Top Stories in Clinical Dentistry: Connective Tissue Graft Does Not Always Provide Additional Benefit to Treating Recession Defects
- Addition of Connective Tissue Graft Under Coronally Advanced Flap for Recession With a Thin Gingival Phenotype
- Tooth Loss in Periodontally Compromised Patients: Results 10 Years After Active Periodontal Therapy
- Periodontal Treatment Adherence Is Influenced by Patients' Illness Perception and Oral Health–Related Quality of Life
- Short Sleep Duration Associated With Higher Prevalence of Periodontitis
- Osteotome Sinus Floor Elevation With or Without Bone Grafting Achieves Comparable Clinical Outcomes
- Gingival Thickness Predicts Outcomes for Root Coverage of Single Maxillary Recession