그는 노무현정부 출범 직후 청와대 민정수석으로 일하면서 과로로 치아가 빠지는 바람에 인공치아 10개를 심어야 했다.
While working as Senior Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs after Roh Moo-hyun government appears, he lost his teeth because of the overwork, and he must have planted 10 artificial teeth.