Meet The Doctors

Your Doctors

Let’s Smile Dental’s Team Of Top-Rated Doctors

Our team of doctors provides complete oral health care that your family can trust at each of our convenient, state-of-the-art locations.

Dr. Cindy Choi

Pediatric Dentist

Dr. Cindy Choi joins us in serving the Virginian community she grew up in. After receiving a full scholarship to attend Duke University for her undergraduate studies, she worked as a fellow at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. It is here that Dr. Choi was able to be at the forefront of dentistry and was exposed to the clinical dentistry of patients with rare diseases. She received her DMD from the University of Pennsylvania. There she also received honors in community service, the Delta Dental Scholarship for excellence in community service, and in her latest venture, she received the Pediatric Dental Certificate from the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. 

Dr. Choi is not only skilled at being Laser certified and Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) certified, but in Colorado, she picked up some great skiing and snowboarding skills as well. She is an athlete at heart. Growing up in Burke, VA, Dr. Choi coached the Special Olympics in swimming and gymnastics and completed the Mission of Mercy in the DMV area. This also led her to travel the world with the Duke Football and Basketball team as a Duke University Cheerleader. During your appointment with Dr. Choi, you can talk to her about K-Pop, K-Dramas, camping, traveling, watching basketball, and all of her fun adventures.

Dr. Cindy Choi is a board-certified pediatric dentistry who joins us in serving the Virginian community she grew up in. After receiving a full scholarship to attend Duke University for her undergraduate studies, she worked as a fellow at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. It is here that Dr. Choi was able to be at the forefront of dentistry and was exposed to the clinical dentistry of patients with rare diseases. She received her DMD from the University of Pennsylvania. There she also received honors in community service, the Delta Dental Scholarship for excellence in community service, and in her latest venture, she received the Pediatric Dental Certificate from the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. 

Dr. Choi is not only skilled at being Laser certified and Single Tooth Anesthesia (STA) certified, but in Colorado, she picked up some great skiing and snowboarding skills as well. She is an athlete at heart. Growing up in Burke, VA, Dr. Choi coached the Special Olympics in swimming and gymnastics and completed the Mission of Mercy in the DMV area. This also led her to travel the world with the Duke Football and Basketball team as a Duke University Cheerleader. During your appointment with Dr. Choi, you can talk to her about K-Pop, K-Dramas, camping, traveling, watching basketball, and all of her fun adventures.

Dr. Richard Yim

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

Dr. Yim grew up in Iowa and received his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. After graduating with his DMD, Dr. Yim completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He is trained in cosmetic surgery, pathology and reconstruction, dentoalveolar, trauma, and TMJ surgery.

Dr. Yim is enjoying all that the DMV area has to offer, along with his wife Soyoung, and their corgi, Mona. Ask him about their corgi.

A board-certified practitioner, Dr. Yim grew up in Iowa and received his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. After graduating with his DMD, Dr. Yim completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Yim is trained in cosmetic surgery, pathology and reconstruction, dentoalveolar, trauma, and TMJ surgery.

Dr. Yim is enjoying all that the DMV area has to offer, along with his wife Soyoung, and their corgi, Mona. Ask him about their corgi.

DR. JOHN JI

Orthodontist

Dr. John Ji received his dental degree from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine in 1999. While at PENN, he received the Matthew Cryer Honor Society Award, which is awarded to the top ten students by academic rank. In 2001, he completed his residency program in orthodontics at Howard University, College of Dentistry, in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Ji is currently a member of the American Dental Association of Orthodontists and the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontics.

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