Dr Poon Kee Hoon

Specialist in Orthodontics
BDS (Singapore), MDS ( Orthodontics Singapore), MOrth RCS ( Edinburgh), FAMS

Dr Poon Kee Hoon is an Orthodontist registered under the Dental Specialist Register with the Singapore Dental Council. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the National University of Singapore. She later obtained her specialty training in Master of Dental Surgery, Orthodontics from the National University of Singapore in 2005. She was also admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 2005. Dr Poon is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Dr Poon practiced at the National Dental Centre Singapore, Department of Orthodontics from 2002 to 2008. She is a member of the Association of Orthodontists Singapore and a member of the Singapore Dental Association.

Dr Poon was appointed as an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore from 2009 to 2013. During this time, Dr Poon taught in the post graduate Orthodontic program at NUS. She also participated in the Alumni Mentor Scheme to provide guidance to dental students from 2008 to 2013.

Dr Poon Kee Hoon has a special interest in the management of patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. Her master thesis research was on the use of mandibular advancement device (dental appliances) in the management of obstructive sleep apnoea. Her research was presented at the International Asian Dental Research in 2005. She later presented at the 2006 European Orthodontic Society Meeting held in Vienna. Dr Poon’s research was published in the Annals of the Academy of Medicine special edition focusing on sleep and its disorders titled” Airway and Craniofacial Changes with Mandibular Advancement Device in Chinese with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea”.

Dr Poon Kee Hoon has given numerous lectures and presentations on these topics. She was an invited speaker at the Singapore General Hospital Annual Scientific Meeting and the Singapore Sleep Symposium in 2008 on the topic" Dental Approach to the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea". Dr Poon was a speaker at the "Combined Medical and Dental Sleep Seminar" co– organized by the Singapore Sleep Society and the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Singapore on the topic" Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea- Mandibular Advancement Splints" in 2012. She was also an invited speaker at the Singapore Sleep Symposium 2017 on the topic " Growth Modification with Orofacial Orthopaedics in Children with Sleep Disordered Breathing". Dr Poon was elected as Secretary of the Singapore Sleep Society from 2010 till 2012. She was elected into the committee of the Singapore Sleep Society from 2012 till 2018. Dr Poon is currently a member of the Singapore Sleep Society.