Audrey Yoon

Audrey Jung-Sun Yoon, DDS, MS

Dr. Audrey Yoon is a dual trained orthodontist and pediatric dentist who specializes in sleep medicine. 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 completed her orthodontic and pediatric dentistry residencies at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She first earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery at Seoul National University and earned her another Doctor of Dental Surgery and Master of Science degree, completing extensive research in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) at UCLA. She is a Clinical Professor of Stanford Sleep Medicine Center at Stanford University, an Assistant Professor in Orthodontics at University of Pacific. She is also a diplomate of American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and diplomate of American Board of Orthodontics.

She has created World Dentofacial Sleep Society (WDSS) and is a founding president of WDSS. She also has created Pacific Dental Medicine Sleep Fellowship program at University of Pacific and currently serve as program director. She is also a co-founder of pediatric dental sleep medicine mini residency at Tufts University.

She has introduced on a pioneering technique, performing maxillary distraction osteogenesis for the treatment of OSA and has co-authored chapters on this subject in many leading textbooks. Currently her active areas of research include craniofacial growth modification, customized distractor designs, surgery-first approach of maxillomandibular advancement surgery technique, and the genomic study to identify genetic anatomical factors relating to OSA.