Yu-Yin Lin

Yu-Yin Lin is an Assistant Professor in the Pediatric Dentistry department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry since 2021. She also serves as Associate Scientist at the School of Medicine's Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone and Autoimmunity Center (CAMBAC) since 2025, and as Program Director for Pediatric Dentistry since 2023.

• Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Chung Shan Medical University (2011)
• Pediatric Dentistry Residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham (2018-2021)

Her research focuses on dental biomaterials and oral health interventions, particularly evaluating pulp capping materials' biocompatibility (2024, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry) and calcium release characteristics (2022, Pediatric Dentistry). She has contributed to pediatric caries prevention research through Alabama's Medicaid 1st Look Program (2022), showing early fluoride applications by primary care providers reduce caries treatments. Current work involves mineralization-inducing materials and translational dentistry.

Recent publications reveal trends in calcium silicate-based cements (antimicrobial, biocompatible properties), preventive dental policy (Medicaid program analysis), and material characterization (pH, solubility). Her scholarly work bridges dental materials science and public health dentistry.

As educator, she teaches Pediatric Dentistry Clinic and Fundamentals of Pediatric Dentistry courses (2022-present) and chairs graduate thesis committees, including for Quiesly Torres Quinones (2024) and Phorum Desai (2023-2024).