Seung-Hak Baek

Seung-Hak Baek, DDS, MSD, PhD

Professor in the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
President of the Korean Faculty Association of Orthodontic Education.
Immediate Past President of the Korean Association of Orthodontists
Past President of the Korean Cleft Lip and Palate Association
Congress President of CLEFT SEOUL 2023, the 15th World Congress of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation (ICPF)
Associate Editor for Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research and AJODO–Clinical Companion
a peer reviewer for Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthoped, Eur J Orthod, Angle Orthod, and other international journals.
Prize: The CDABO Case Report of the Year Award at the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) in 2009, and The 1st Outstanding Educator Award from the World Federation of Orthodontists in 2025
Presentations at the AAO meetings in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, and from 2023 through 2026; and at the ICPF World Congresses in 2010, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Published more than 300 articles in prestigious orthodontic and surgical journals and has authored 50 books.
Subspecialties: Diagnosis and treatment of Class III malocclusion, cleft and craniofacial anomalies, and the clinical applications of artificial intelligence.

References

Kang G, Baek SH, Kim YH, Kim DH, Park JW. Genetic Risk Assessment of Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate by Linking Genetic Networks and Deep Learning Models. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(5):4557. doi:10.3390/ijms24054557.
Park HM, Kim PJ, Kim HG, Kim S, Baek SH. Prediction of the Need for Orthognathic Surgery in Patients With Cleft Lip and/or Palate. J Craniofac Surg. 2015;26(4):1159-62. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000001605.
Lin G, Kim PJ, Baek SH, Kim HG, Kim SW, Chung JH. Early Prediction of the Need for Orthognathic Surgery in Patients With Repaired Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Using Machine Learning and Longitudinal Lateral Cephalometric Analysis Data. J Craniofac Surg. 2021;32(2):616-620. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000006943.
Lim SW, Kim E, Kim HG, Baek SH. Accuracy of machine learning-assisted prediction of the future need for orthognathic surgery in patients with cleft lip and palate. Korean J Orthod. 2025;55(5):365-379. doi:10.4041/kjod25.030.
Jeon S, Jang J, Chakraborty S, Kim SH, Oh S, Kim S, Moon JS, Chung JH, Baek SH. Prediction of Palatoplasty Timing for Infants With Cleft Lip and Palate Using Machine Learning Algorithm. J Craniofac Surg. 2025;36(3):947-951. doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000010536.
Yoon S, Chung JH, Jang CY, Hong YH, Kim S, Baek SH, Jeon S. Machine learning-assisted prediction of speech outcomes at age 5 in patients with nonsyndromic cleft palate after double-opposing Z-plasty. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2025;113:275-283. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.043.