Dr. Audrey Yoon’s outstanding credentials combined with her naturally gifted perception of beauty and her genuine concern for her patients makes her an exceptional orthodontist.
Dr. Yoon completed her orthodontic and pediatric dentistry residencies at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), the nation’s pre-eminent program of its type. She also earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery and Master of Science degree, completing extensive research in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) at UCLA.
She is currently an adjunct assistant professor of Stanford Sleep Medicine Center at Stanford University and an assistant professor in Orthodontics at University of Pacific. She founded Pacific Ortho-Dental Sleep Medicine Fellowship at University of Pacific and serves as a program director. She is also a clinical associate at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and serves as a co-director of Pediatric Dental Sleep Mini-residency program at Tufts University.
Dr. Yoon has established World Dentofacial Sleep Society and serves as a founding president. Dr. Yoon lectures internationally, leads workshops for professional audiences and provides expert clinical consultation to health professionals worldwide. She is also a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.
Using state-of-the-art technology, Dr. Yoon is committed to achieving clinical excellence and ideal case results. She is an Invisalign Diamond Plus provider, which is only bestowed to the top 1% of Invisalign doctors. Dr. Yoon’s field of expertise includes the effective utilization of orthodontic Temporary Anchorage Device (TAD) to minimize surgery and maximize esthetic successful outcomes. She practices the full scope of non-surgical and surgical orthodontics from pediatric to geriatric population for airway management including growth modification, pediatric palatal expansion, customized Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE), Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME), Orthodontic treatment for Maxillomandibular Advancement ( MMA ), clear aligner therapy and oral appliances for sleep apnea.
She has developed a pioneering Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME) technique for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and has co-authored many chapters in several leading textbooks. She also proposed growth modification protocol for children with sleep disordered breathing. With this guideline of the craniofacial growth and development modification, health providers can take advantage of the therapeutic appliances that can make a substantial change in a patient’s growth pattern during maturity.
As a proud mother and loving wife, Dr. Yoon is a firm believer in strong family core values. She carries this philosophy into her practice, giving her patients the care and attention they deserve just like a part of her family.
Credentials
Orthodontist
Pediatric Dentist
Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Stanford University, Stanford Sleep Medicine Center
Clinical Assistant Professor
- University of Pacific, Orthodontics
Clinical Associate
- Tufts University, Dental Sleep Medicine
Honorary Assistant Professor
- The Hong Kong University, Orthodontics
Lecturer
- University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry
Fellow
- The Pierre Fauchard Academy
Sleep Apnea Research
- Stanford University, Sleep Surgery
Orthodontic Residency
- University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry Residency
- University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry
Craniofacial Program
- University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry
Master of Science
- University of California Los Angeles, Oral Biology
Doctor of Dental Surgery
- University of California Los Angeles, School of Dentistry
Doctor of Dental Surgery
- Seoul National University, College of Dentistry, South Korea
Invisalign VIP: Diamond PLUS Provider
Using state-of-the-art technology, Dr. Yoon is committed to achieving clinical excellence and ideal case results. She is an Invisalign VIP: Diamond PLUS Provider, which is only bestowed to the top 1% of Invisalign doctors.
Licensure
State of California Dental License
Orthodontic Certificate
Pediatric Dentistry Certificate
Oral Sedation Permit
Pediatric Advanced Life Support License
Korean National Dental License
Professional Affiliations
American Dental Association
California Dental Association
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
American Association of Orthodontists
Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
California Society of Pediatric Dentistry
Los Angeles Dental Society
International Association of Dental Research
American Association of Dental Research
Charity Work
Publications
Audrey Yoon, Soroush Zaghi, Shayan Shamtoob, Cynthia Peterson,Loree Christianson, Sanda Valcu-Pinkerton, Zahra Peeran, Brigitte Fung, Daniel Kwok-keung, Triin Jagomagi, Nicole Archambault, Bridget O’Connor, Kathy Winslow, Miche’ Lano, Janine Murdock, Lenore Morrissey
J Oral Rehabil. 2021;48:692–700
Audrey Yoon, Mohamed Abdelwahab, Stanley Liu, James Oh, Heeyeon Suh, Michael Trieu, Kevin Kang, Daniela Silva
Impact of rapid palatal expansion on the internal nasal valve and obstructive nasal symptoms in children
Sleep Breath; DOI: 10.1007/s11325-020-02140-y
Audrey Yoon
Mini-screw Assisted Maxillary Expansion Techniques for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Chapter 57, 1st edition; In press
Abdelwahab M, Yoon A, Oakland T, Poomkonsarn S, Gouveia C, Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu
Impact of Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME) on the Internal Nasal Valve in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Otolaryngol HeadNeck; In press
Audrey Yoon,Christian Guilleminault, Soroush Zaghi, Stanley Liu
Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME) for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with Narrow Maxilla and Nasal Cavity
Sleep Medicine; In press
Iwasaki T, Yoon A, Guilleminault C, Liu SY
How Does Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME) Reduce Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Breath; In press
S Y Liu, A Yoon
Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion
Current concepts in sleep surgery. A surgical guide for sleep surgeons. Verse,DeVries.
Chapter12. In press
Y Chen, E Ko, A Yoon, S Zaghi, R Riley, S Liu
Optimizing Mandibular Sagittal Split of Large Maxillomandibular Advancement for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Patient and Surgical Factors
Clinical Oral Investigations; In press
Yoon AY, Zaghi S, Ha S, Law CS, Guilleminault C, Liu SY
Ankyloglossia as a risk factor for maxillary hypoplasia and soft palate elongation: A functional-morphological study.
Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research. 2017 doi: 10.1111/ocr.12206
Yoon A
Ankyloglossia.
Pediatric Dentistry: Infancy to Adolescence.
Chapter 26, 6th edition.
Yoon A, Zaghi S, Weitzman R, Ha S, Law CS, Guilleminault C, Liu SY
Toward a functional definition of ankyloglossia: validating current grading scales for lingual frenulum length and tongue mobility in 1052 subjects.
Sleep Breath. 2017 Jan 17. doi: 10.1007/s11325-016-1452-7
Liu SY, Guilleminault C, Huon L-K, Yoon A
Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion (DOME) for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients with High Arched Palate
Otolaryngol HeadNeck Surg. 2017 doi: 10.1177/0194599817707168
Liu SY, Guilleminault C, Yoon A
Distraction Osteogenesis Maxillary Expansion ( DOME) for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Sleep Apnea and Snoring.
Chapter 59. Michael Friedman
Liu SY, Huon LK, Iwasaki T, Yoon A, Riley R, Powell N, Torre C, Capasso R.
Efficacy of Maxillomandibular Advancement Examined with Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy and Computational Fluid Dynamics Airflow Modeling.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Jan;154(1):189-95.
Eung-KwonPae, Audrey J. Yoon, Bhoomika Ahuja,Gary W Lau, Daniel Nguyen, Yong Kim, Ronald Harper
Perinatal intermittent hypoxia alters gamma-aminobutyric acid: a report levels in rat cerebellum
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience: 2011 Dec; 29 (8) : 819-26