Daniel W.K.Kao, DDS, MS, DMD

Daniel W.K. Kao DDS, MS, DMD, DABP

World-renowned for his compassionate, patient-friendly Educator and Clinician, Dr. Kao offers a full range of cutting-edge digital implant dentistry and advanced periodontal services.

Board Certified Periodontist
Textbook Author (Dental Implant and Periodontal Disease)
Surgical device Patent Holder
Previous Program Director of Predoctoral Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania (2008-2011)
Digital Dental Implant Placement Protocol Developer/Adaptor

ABOUT

Name

Daniel W.K. Kao, DDS,MS,DMD

Speciality

Board Certified Periodontist

Faculty / University

Harvard University University of Pennsylvania

Medical practice

Over 20 years

About Dr. Daniel W.K. Kao DDS,MS,DMD, DABP
Dr. Daniel Kao is a Board Certified Periodontist, an educator who teaches in several world-renowned dental schools and also practiced dentistry since 1999.
2022
Clinical Faculty, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
2014
Clinical Assistant Professor & Dental Implantology Course Director, National YangMing University
2011
Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
2010
Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award in Periodontics (American Academy of Periodontology)
2010
DMD, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
2008
Director of Predoctoral Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
2008
Post-Doctoral Periodontics Certificate and MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine with Director’s research award
1999
DDS, National YangMing University School of Dental Medicine

The lead of dental implant

Dr. Daniel W.K. Kao is chief editor of the Clinical Sinus Elevation Surgery and an author for several periodontal and dental implant textbooks. He has lectured on the national and international level on implant therapy, tissue engineering approach of bone and gum regeneration, and digital dental implant workflow.

Guest Speaker:

Sinus Elevation Surgery from Conventional to Digital Technology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Jan 2022
Same-Day Dental Implant Approach, Tufts University, Jun 2019
Clinical Sinus Elevation Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, July 2018
Cleaning efficacy of Implant surface decontamination method --- Using osteoconductive particles with air abrasion device. Academy of Osseointegration Annual Meeting, 2018
Minimally Invasive alveolar ridge splitting technique, American Academy of Periodontology 99th Annual Meeting, 2013

Patent:

Kao, WK. Dental Isolation Device for Treating Dental Implant Infection. Taiwan Patent and US Patent pending

Bibliography:

Kao DW, Fiorellini JP. Comparison of ridge expansion and ridge splitting techniques for narrow alveolar ridge in a Swine cadaver model. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2015 May-Jun;35(3):e44-9
Lin TH, Chen L, Cha J, Jeffcoat M, Kao DW, Nevins M, Fiorellini JP. The effect of cigarette smoking and native bone height on dental implants placed immediately in sinuses grafted by hydraulic condensation. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent. 2012 Jun;32(3):255-61.
Drucker SD, Prieto LE, Kao DW. Periodontal probing calibration in an academic setting. J Dent Educ. 2012 Nov;76(11):1466-73.
Kao DW, Atsushi. Kubota, Myron. Nevins and Joseph P. Fiorellini. The Negative Effect of Combining rhBMP-2 and Bio-Oss on Bone Formation for Maxillary Sinus Augmentation. Int JPeriodont Rest Dent 2012 Feb 32(1):61-7
Kao DW, and H.DeHaven. Controlled Hydrostatic Sinus Elevation: A Novel Method of Elevating the Sinus Membrane. Implant Dentistry 2011 20(6):425-9