Zhuofan Chen DDS, BDS, PhD

Dr. Chen is presently a professor at Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, and also the vice director of the department of Dental Implantology. He obtained his Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc) degree at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in 1993 and achieved his Ph.D. degree at the University of Hong Kong in 2002. He now also serves as Co-Supervisor of Ph.D. Program (Dental Material) of the University of Hong Kong, and the visiting associate professor of the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Chen is the vice president of Chinese Society of Oral Implantology, the president of Guangdong Society of Oral Implantology, the committee board member of Australia-Chinese Center of Tissue Engineering & Regenerated Medicine, the fellow of International Team for Implantology, and the vice president of Hong Kong Society of Oral Implantology. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on clinical research of dental implant and bone regeneration materials, particularly those involving physicochemical properties, and tissue-cell interaction to biomaterials. He had been the chief investigator on 10 research grants (3 National Natural Science Foundation of China and 7 from Province or Ministry). Until now, he had published 37 SCI articles and 3 books. He is the editorial board member of the Journal of Chinese Stomatological Research and the Implant Dentistry.