Professor Won Moon Department of Orthodontics, Ajou University School of Medicine Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Ajou University School of Medicine Adjunct Professor, The Forsyth Institute Adjunct Professor, Kyung Hee University School of Dentistry Former Thomas R. Bales Endowed Chair in Orthodontics, UCLA (2013-2020) Founder, the Moon Principles International Research Institute Co-Founder, BioTech Innovations Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, since 2002

Dr. Won Moon is the Founder/CEO of the Moon Principles Institute (“the MoonLab”) and a Co-founder/Chief Innovations Officer of BioTech Innovations. He served as the Thomas R. Bales Endowed Chair in Orthodontics for the orthodontic residency program at UCLA School of Dentistry (2013-2020), and he currently holds three academic positions: Full- Professorship at Ajou University School of Medicine, and Adjunct Professorship at the Forsyth Institute and Kyung Hee University. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2002.

He completed his dental education at Harvard and orthodontic education at UCLA. He studied mathematics prior to dentistry. His work has been published in various journals, not necessarily limited to orthodontics because of his physical science background, and he is a co-author of seven textbooks, including the Graber’s 7th Edition. He has presented these findings in over 42 countries, totaling over 550 presentations. He received multiple research grants during his tenure at UCLA, including the Groundbreaking Research Project Grant Award in 2014. Besides the numerous research and presentation awards over the years, he has received the “Faculty of the Year Award” multiple times, and he was the recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement and Faculty Dedication/Excellence Award” in 2019 and the “Best Mentor Award” in 2022. His current focus has been establishing protocols for orthopedic corrections with MI, improving the airway for patients with nasal obstruction, creating virtual patients utilizing image analysis and FEM, and developing a novel Aligner System.

His interest in mid-facial expansion began in 2004 as micro-implant became available in the USA, and he is responsible for developing Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE), a unique micro- implant assisted rapid palatal expander (MARPE). He has been active in advocating non- surgical skeletal expansion in both children and adult patients, especially for those who may suffer from airway restrictions. His presentation in MSE has been widely accepted internationally, and numerous peer-reviewed publications are available.

• Clinical use with mini-screw (TAD) in different malocclusion
• Dr. Moon's idea to improve the efficacy of Aligner therapy
• Recent idea of MSE therapy
• Demonstration how to the MSE in a correct way

Mini-screw (TAD) had been used for orthodontic treatment more than twenty years in Taiwan. Although we have enough knowledge about these helpful tools. But Dr. Moon have some innovative idea and want to share with us. Acturally he gave this topic globally and have great response.

Aligner therapy especially using the second generation of shape memory aligner expand the limitation of treatment of malocclusion and already become the current trend. Dr. Moon have an innovation combined the aligner to improve the efficacy of the treatment.

The non-surgical Maxillary Skeletal Expander (MSE)has evolved since 2004,and its application has steadily been growing globally.With the proliferation of MSE-related publications by multiple authors,there is clear evidence to support its impact.The essential nuts and bolts of the diagnosis, treatment planning,appliance selection,fabrication,expansion protocols,patient management,and troubleshooting process related to MSE will be highlighted.Some recent discoveries will be explored with research data.The aim of this presentation is to relay the most practical information for immediate implementation of this novel technique in everyone's clinical practice.