Wu Zhang, MD Professor, Dental Education Services School of Dentistry Member, Research, SD, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Presentations 

  General Academic Presentation

• Microbial Contamination of Dental Unit Waterlines and Infection Control in Dentistry in School of Stomatology Wenzhou Medical college, China ( 5/2011 )

• Dosage effects of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in human oral keratinocytes. IADR Annual meeting in San Diego. ( 3/2011 )

• Infection Control in Dentistry and Microbial Contamination of Dental Unit Waterlines-- Challenges and Solutions. Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, China ( 12/2010 )

• Mouse Model of Experimental Diabetic Periodontitis Induced by Gram-negative Infection, AADR 39th Annual meeting, Washington DC. ( 3/2010 )

  Research Presentations -- National

• Wu Zhang. "Effects of A Tooth Whitener on Enamel - Microhardness and SEM." IADR Annual meeting, #1877 . New Orleans, Louisiana. ( 3/2007 )

• "Effect of Relief ACP on Dentin Microhardness and Surface Morphology." IADR Annual meeting , #1776. New Orleans, Louisiana. ( 3/2007 )

• "Prevalence and Severity of Gingivitis in American Adults." IADR Annual meeting , #2223. New Orleans, Louisiana. ( 3/2007 )

  Poster Presentation

• DUWLs treated with Sterisil silver ion based products,  IADR Annual meeting, Miami, FL ( 4/2009 )

• Dentin/Pulp Biocompatibility of an Adhesive System for Silorane Restorative.  IADR Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada. ( 7/2008 - 0/2008 )

• Controlling bacterial opportunistic pathogen contamination in DUWLs using Citrisi.   OSAP Annual Symposium.  Palm Spring, CA. ( 6/2008 - 0/2008 )

• Controlling bacterial opportunistic pathogen contamination in DUWLs using Citrisi.  AADR 37th Annual meeting, Dallas, TX. ( 3/2008 - 0/2008 )

• Wu Zhang. "Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of a Cement Powder Mixed with Copalite. ." AADR Annual Meeting . Orlando, FL. ( 3/2006 )

• W. Zhang. "Ultradent Sterilox for controlling CFU and reducing biofilm in DUWLs." IADR/AADR Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD ( 3/2005 )

• Biofilm and Endotoxins in DUWLs with different Tubing and Devices. OSAP Annual Symposium, Miami, FL. ( 6/2004 )

• Comparison of endotoxin contamination in dental unit waterlines.  IADR/AADR Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. ( 3/2004 )

• Microbial contamination of dental operatory water bottles for DUWLs. IADR Annual Meeting, Gothenborg, Sweden. ( 6/2003 )

• Antimicrobial Potential of BreathRx Mouthrinse Evaluated Using Log Reduction Assay.  AADR Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. ( 3/2003 )

• Cytotoxicity of Tooth Whiteners with various peroxide concentrations, San Diego, CA. ( 3/2002 )

• Temperature Increase in Bleaching Gels by Four Dental Lights. International Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Chiba, Japan. ( 6/2001 )

• Effect of Serum Concentration on Cytotoxicity of Hydrogen Peroxide.  American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. ( 3/2001 )

• Skeletal Fluorosis and Excessive Fluoride Exposure. International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. ( 4/2000 )

• Remineralization of incipient Enamel without Saliva. International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. ( 3/1999 )

• Cytotoxicity and Mutagenicity of a non-Peroxide Based Tooth Whitening Gel.  Annual IADR Session, Nice France. ( 6/1998 )

• Antimicrobial Activity of Four Toothpastes Evaluated Using Diffusion Method. International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. ( 3/1998 )

• Hemostatic materials and wound healing of rats oral mucosa.  Orlando, FL. ( 3/1997 )

• Safety evaluation of opalescence sustained Release whitening gel, San Francisco, CA. ( 3/1996 )

• Effect of hypoxia on amelogenesis in fluoride-treated rats.  American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. ( 3/1995 )

• Genotoxicity of chronic fluoride in medically compromised rats: SCE studies.  International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. ( 3/1994 )

• Lesion type and dentin response to fluoride in situ.  International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. ( 3/1993 )

• An in vitro model for studying human dentin.  International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. ( 3/1992 )

• Dental caries in diabetic rats.  International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. ( 3/1987 )

• Parotid gland and pancreatic amylase activity: effect of NaF.  International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. ( 3/1986 )

  Presentations given to non-academic audiences

• Wu Zhang. "Effects of A Tooth Whitener on Enamel - Microhardness and SEM." IADR Annual meeting . New Orleans, Louisiana. ( 3/2007 )

• Wu Zhang. "Effect of Bleaching on enamel remineralization/color of extracted adolescent teeth." IADR Annual Meeting, . Brisbane, Australia ( 6/2006 )