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FACULTY

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DR SAEKO KIKUCHI, DDS

Chief Director
THREE Dental Orthodontics 
Tokyo, Japan
✔ Education & Professional Experience
  •    Exchange Student Program, UCLA School of Dentistry, USA
  •    DDS, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Japan
  •    Founder and Director, Urayasu Bran Dental Clinic
  •    Founder and Chief Director, THREE Dental & Orthodontics Clinic

✔ Certifications & Professional Affiliations
  •    Certified Clinical Training Supervisor for Dentists, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
  •    Certified Instructor, Dentofacial Orthopedics Seminar
  •    Board-Certified Specialist, Japan Clinical Prosthodontic Society
 •   Certified Doctor / Specialist / Instructor, Maxillofacial Orthopedic Surgery Division, International Dental Implant Association (USA)

✔ Memberships:
  •    Japanese Orthodontic Society
  •    Japanese Association of Adult Orthodontics
  •    Japanese Society of Esthetic Dentistry
  •    Japanese Society of Pediatric Dentistry
  •    Japanese Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
  •    Japanese Society of Sleep Research
  •    Japanese Society of Oral Implantology
  •    Japanese Society of Pediatric Pulmonology

✔ Publications (Selected)
  •    “My Approach to Patient Consultation: Supporting Orthodontic Treatment During Growth”
Dental Diamond, July 2015
  •    “My Way of Life: Blessed with Wonderful Encounters, Family, and Staff”
Dental Diamond, February 2016
  •    “For Dentists Beginning Growth Guidance: Rapid Maxillary Expansion in Growth-Based Orthodontics (Part 6)”
The Nippon Dental Review, June 2016
  •    “Understanding Orthodontic Appliances: Growth-Guided Occlusal Treatment – Rapid Maxillary Expansion”
Hyohron Publishers, June 2017
  •    “Practical Early Treatment: Perspectives from General Dentistry, Pediatrics, and Orthodontics– Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Early Intervention”
Quintessence Publishing, August 2018
  •    The Nippon Dental Review, November Issue (Pediatric Orthodontics)

✔ Scientific Publication
  •    “Improvement of Nasal Airway Function Following Rapid Maxillary Expansion”
Journal of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Pulmonology, 26 (Suppl):129, 2015