Professional Experience and Education
2017-present Vice President, Kyushu Orthodontic Society
2016-present Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Kagoshima University
2016-present Councilor, Japanese Society for Jaw Deformities
2011-2016 Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University
2014-2016, 2009-2011
Assistant Director, Kagoshima University Medical and Dental Hospital
2014-present Editor in Chief, Orthodontic Waves (Official Journal of Japanese Orthodontic Society)
2014-present Director, Japanese Orthodontic Society
2009-present Director, Japanese Cleft Palate Association
2006-present Director, Japanese Society of Stomatognathic Function
2005-present Professor and Chair, Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
2005-2017 Academic Director, Kyushu Orthodontic Society
2005 Associate Professor, Okayama University
2001-2002 Visiting Research fellow, Montreal University
1999-2005 Lecturer, Okayama University
1999-present Part time Lecturer, Nara Medical University
1997-1999 Assistant Professor, Nara Medical University
1994-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka University
1994 Ph.D., Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry
1989-1990 Resident, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry
1989 DDS, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry

Honors and Awards
2019, 2015-12, 2009, 2006, 2003
Outstanding presentation award, Japanese Orthodontic Society
1994 IADR Unilever Travel Award
1989 Yumikura Award, Osaka University

Research Interests
Relationship between sleep bruxism and gastroesophageal reflex (GER)
• Influence of a Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) on Sleep Bruxism
• Influence of experimental esophageal acidification on Sleep Bruxism
Temporary Anchorage Device:
• Evaluation of miniscrew stability
• Development of an automatic embedding auxiliary skeletal anchorage device
Orthognathic function:
• Jaw movement in patients with malocclusion
• EMG in patients with malocclusion
• Cleft Lip and Palate