Dr. Kohei Fujimoto

Diplomate American Board Of Periodontology

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Dr. Kohei Fujimoto | Director

Dr. Kohei Fujimoto provides comprehensive dental care and is also a Periodontist trained in the United States. A Periodontist is a specialist in the field of gum disease and dental implants. He is a Board Certified Specialist (Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology) and one of only a handful of certified U.S. trained specialists in Japan.Dr. Fujimoto graduated from Tokyo Dental College and received his specialist training at the University of Washington Graduate Periodontics Program in 2001. He remained as a Teaching Assistant until returning to Tokyo in 2003. During his teaching position, he received the award for best clinical professor from his students, and his research was awarded best Dental Implant Research by the California Society of Periodontists in 2003.

Kohei Fujimoto

  • Education & Professional Experience

    1988–1994
    Tokyo Dental College (Tokyo, Japan)
    1994–1998
    Fujimoto International Dental Clinic (Tokyo, Japan)
    1998–2001
    University of Washington, School of Dentistry, Graduate Periodontics (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
    2001–2003
    University of Washington, School of Dentistry (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
    2003
    Current Fujimoto International Dental Clinic (Tokyo, Japan)

  • Professional Memberships & Affiliations

    • American Board of Periodontology (Diplomate)
    • American Academy of Periodontology (AAP)
    • American Academy of Osseointegration (AO)
    • Japan Academy of Clinical Periodontology (JACP), Board Member
    • Japanese Society of Periodontology
    • Japan Society of American-Educated Postdoctoral Dentists (JSAEP)

Junhei Fujimoto, D.D.S., M.S.D.

The Fujimoto International Dental Clinic is well known both in Japan and internationally due to the work of Dr. Junhei Fujimoto. Dr. Junhei Fujimoto is a specialist in the field of prosthodontic (crowns, bridges and dentures) dentistry who graduated from the specialty program at the University of Indiana in Indianapolis in 1976. He later went on to become the assistant professor and director of the department of fixed prosthodontics at the University of Florida, school of dentistry. He is the author of a world renowned dental textbook “Contemporary Prosthodontics” (Mosby / Elsevir) that has been translated into 8 different languages and used in two thirds of all the dental schools in the United States.

  • Education & Professional Experience

    1970
    Completed Ph.D. program, Kyushu Dental University (Doctor of Dental Science).
    1975
    Graduated from Indiana University School of Dentistry (Certificate in Prosthodontics).
    1976
    Served as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Florida.
    1981
    Established Fujimoto Dental Clinic in Ginza and founded the Fujimoto Dental Study Group (Fujimoto Kenshukai).
    2010
    Appointed as Clinical Professor at the Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

  • Professional Memberships & Affiliations

    • Board Certified Prosthodontist (USA)
    • Doctor of Dental Science (Ph.D.)
    • Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, University of Florida (1978)

Publications & Achievements

“Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics” (5th Edition)

Our founder, Dr. Junhei Fujimoto, is a co-author of this world-renowned textbook. Used as a core text in two-thirds of all dental schools in the United States and translated into multiple languages, it is considered the “Global Bible” of prosthodontic care.The textbook features numerous clinical cases performed at our clinic, proving that our high-precision treatments serve as a world standard. For over 30 years, these evidence-based principles have remained the unwavering foundation of our clinical practice.