o (2024.08~Present) Dean of the School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University

o (2024.09~Present) Member of Public Health Committee, FDI World Dental Federation

o (2024.08~Present) Chairperson of the Board, Korean Dental Education Association

o (2024~Present) President-elect, Korean Academy of Preventive Dentistry and Oral Health

o (2025~Present) Coordination Advisory Member, National Health Survey Coordination Advisory Committee, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

o (2021~Present) Professional Advisory Member, Health Insurance Expert Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea

o (2019~Present) Director in Applied Basic Science, Institute for Translational Research in Dentistry, Kyungpook National University

o (2017~Present) Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Japan

o (2015~Present) Professor & Department Chair, Department of Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University

o (2021~2023) Head of admission, Kyungpook National University

o (2014~2015) Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, Kyungpook National University

o (2012~2013) Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, Kyungpook National University

o (2003~2015) Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University

o (2002~2003) Research fellow, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University

o Lee H, Kim JH, Kim S, Jang SH, Chang Y, Choi YH. (2025)

Effect of Chewing Hardness on Cognitive-Associated Brain Regions Activation. International Dental Journal. 75(3), 1798-1807.

o Go H, Ahn J, Ahn SV, Shin H, Amano A, Choi YH. (2024)

Estimated Economic Costs of Dental Implants Among Older South Korean Adults, 2015-2018. Clinical Oral Implants Research. 35(12), 1560-1567.

o Kim S, Kim JH, Lee H, Jang SH, Noeske R, Choi C, Chang Y, Choi YH. (2024)

Effect of chewing hard material on boosting brain antioxidant levels and enhancing cognitive function. Frontiers in systems neuroscience. 18, 1489919.

o Go H, Kuboniwa M, Choi YH. (2024)

Effect of the oral examinations in the national health screening program on preventive oral health care and treatments: a 19-year follow-up study. BMC Oral Health. 24(1), 1447.

o Go HJ, Jung HI, Ahn SV, Ahn JH, Shin HS, Amano A, Choi YH. (2024)

Trend in the Incidence of Severe Partial Edentulism among Adults Using the Korean National Health Insurance Service Claim Data, 2014-2018. Yonsei Medical Journal 65(4), 234-240.

o Baek J, Baldina E, Sung K, Lee SH, Christakis NA, Bearman P, Kim HC, Chu SH, Lee E, Park YR, Chey J, Choi YH, Lee D. (2023)

A Prospective Sociocentric Study of 2 Entire Traditional Korean Villages: The Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (KSHAP), American journal of epidemiology. 193(2), 241-255.

o Jung YS, Kim JH, Shin AR, Song KB, Amano A, & Choi YH. (2023).

Association of Adiposity with Periodontitis and Metabolic Syndrome: From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2533.

o Go H, Kim EK, Jung HI, Ahn SV, Shin H, Amano A, & Choi YH. (2022).

Incidence of edentulism among older adults using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database, 2013-2018. Epidemiology and Health, 44, e2022091.

o Go H, Park T, Shin AR, Jung YS, Amano A, Song KB, & Choi YH. (2022).

Validity of a combination of periodontal pathogens and salivary biomarkers as predictors of periodontitis. Journal of Periodontal Research, 57(5), 1083-1092.

o Cho, MJ, Shin HE, Amano A, Song, KB, & Choi YH. (2022).

Effect of Molar Occlusal Balance on Cognitive Function in the Elderly. international dental journal, 72(3), 331-337.

o Heo H, Bae JH, Amano A, Park T, & Choi YH. (2022).

Supplemental or dietary intake of omega‐3 fatty acids for the treatment of periodontitis: a meta‐analysis. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 49(4), 362-377.

o Jung YS, Park T, Kim EK, Jeong SH, Lee YE, Cho MJ, … & Choi YH. (2022).

Influence of chewing ability on elderly adults’ cognitive functioning: the mediating effects of the ability to perform daily life activities and nutritional status. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1236.

o Park T, Jung YS, Son K, Bae YC, Song KB, Amano A, & Choi YH. (2021).

More teeth and posterior balanced occlusion are a key determinant for cognitive function in the elderly. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(4), 1996.

o Yu NH, Shin AR, Ahn SV, Song KB, & Choi YH. (2021).

Estimation and change of edentulism among the Korean population: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2018. Epidemiology and health, 43.

o Shin HE, Cho MJ, Amano A, Song KB, & Choi YH. (2020).

Association between mastication‐related factors and the prevalence of dementia in Korean elderly women visiting senior centres. Gerodontology, 37(2), 177-184.

o Choi YH, Kosaka T, Ojima M, Sekine S, Kokubo Y, Watanabe M, ... & Amano A. (2018).

Relationship between the burden of major periodontal bacteria and serum lipid profile in a cross-sectional Japanese study. BMC Oral Health, 18(1), 1-12.

o Kim YS, Ha M, Kwon HJ, Kim HY, & Choi YH. (2017).

Association between Low blood lead levels and increased risk of dental caries in children: a cross-sectional study. BMC oral health, 17, 1-7.

o Choi YH, Jang WH, Im SU, Song KB, Lee HK, Do Lee H, ... & Jang SH. (2017).

The brain activation pattern of the medial temporal lobe during chewing gum: a functional MRI study. Neural Regeneration Research, 12(5), 812.

o Baek HJ, Kim EK, Lee SG, Jeong SH, Sakong J, Merchant AT, ... & Choi YH. (2016).

Dental amalgam exposure can elevate urinary mercury concentrations in children. International Dental Journal, 66(3), 136-143.

o Lee KS, Lee SG, Kim EK, Jin HJ, Im SU, Lee HK, ... & Choi YH. (2015).

Metabolic syndrome parameters in adolescents may be determinants for the future periodontal diseases. Journal of clinical periodontology, 42(2), 105-112.

o Choi YH, McKeown RE, Mayer‐Davis EJ, Liese AD, Song KB, & Merchant AT (2014).

Serum C‐reactive protein and immunoglobulin G antibodies to periodontal pathogens may be effect modifiers of periodontitis and hyperglycemia. Journal of periodontology, 85(9), 1172-1181.

o Choi YH, & Lee SG. (2011).

Does regional socioeconomic context affect the dental caries experience? A multilevel study of Korean adults. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 119(4), 294-300.

o Chung SY, Song KB, Lee SG, & Choi YH. (2011).

The strength of age effect on tooth loss and periodontal condition in Korean elderly. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 53(2), e243-e248.

o Choi YH, McKeown RE, Mayer-Davis EJ, Liese AD, Song KB, & Merchant AT. (2011).

Association between periodontitis and impaired fasting glucose and diabetes. Diabetes Care, 34(2), 381-386.

o Lee HK, Lee KD, Merchant AT, Lee SK., Song KB, Lee SG, & Choi YH. (2010).

More missing teeth are associated with poorer general health in the rural Korean elderly. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 50(1), 30-33.

o Lee HK, Choi SH, Won KC, Merchant AT, Song KB, Jeong SH, ... & Choi YH. (2009).

The effect of intensive oral hygiene care on gingivitis and periodontal destruction in type 2 diabetic patients. Yonsei Medical Journal, 50(4), 529-536.

o Choi YH, Baek HJ, Song KB, Han JY, Kwon H, & Lee SG. (2009).

Prevalence of periodontitis and associated risk factors in Korean adults: Korean National Oral Health Survey 2006. The Journal of the Korean Academy of Periodontology, 39(Suppl), 261-268.

o Lee SR, Kwon HK, Song KB, & Choi YH. (2004).

Dental caries and salivary immunoglobulin A in Down syndrome children. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 40(9‐10), 530-533.