Contact
Information:
Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences
707 Parnassus Ave. Box 0758
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 514-2818
Fax: (415) 476-0858
Pugachm@dentistry.ucsf.edu
Education:
B.A. in Physical Anthropology,
Washington
University, St. Louis, MO, 1999
PhD
Student, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, 2001
to present, expected 2007
Research
Mentor:
Grayson Marshall
Research
Statement:
I am studying mineralization of dentin. I am primarily interested in
the
non-collagenous proteins that are involved in mineralization of dentin
and their interactions with mineral components.
My
current research focuses on remineralization of
caries-demineralized
human dentin using insoluble NCPs.
Awards/
Honors:
Lamba Alpha Anthropological
Honors Society, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1997-1999
Graduate Dean's Health Science Fee
Scholarship, University of
California, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Publications:
Oliveira SSA, Pugach MK, Hilton JF, Watanabe LG, Marshall SJ, Marshall
GW. The influence of the dentin smear layer on adhesion: a self-etching
primer
vs. a total-etch system. Dental Materials 19 (2003): 758-767.
Published
Abstracts:
M.K. PUGACH*, J. STROTHER*, G. BALOOCH, S.J. MARSHALL,
G.W. MARSHALL, Mechanical properties of dentin caries zones as a
function of caries severity. Department of Preventive and Restorative
Dental Sciences, UCSF School of Dentistry, Research Day, University of California,
San Francisco, CA, 2005
Pugach
MK, Habelitz
S,
Marshall SJ, Li W, DenBesten P, Marshall GW. AFM Imaging of Dentin Collagen Requires
Removal
of Non-collagenous Proteins Following Demineralization. J
Dent Res 82 (Spec Iss B): B-76, IADR abstract #505, 2003
Li W, Pugach M, Shi S, Gao C, Machule D, DenBesten P. Co-culture of
Pre-odontoblasts and Ameloblasts Promotes Ameloblast Differentiation
and Enamel Matrix Formation. J Dent Res 82 (Spec
Iss B): B-145, IADR abstract #1065,
2003
Habelitz S, Marshall SJ, Pugach MK, Marshall GW. Acid Etching does not Affect Fibrillar
Structure
of Dentin Collagen. J Dent Res 2003 82A. AADR
abstract
#1637
Pugach
MK, Oliveira SSA, Watanabe LG, Hilton JF, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ.
Dentin
smear layer variations and adhesion of a self-etching primer. J
Dent Res
80 (Spec Iss A), AADR abstract #1165, 2001
Staninec
M, Breunig TM, Kinney JH, Pugach MK, Watanabe LG, Marshall GW,
Marshall
SJ. Dentin erosion simulation by cantilever beam stress test. J Dent
Res
80 (Spec Iss B) IADR Abstract #1334, 2001
Le TQ, Habelitz S, Marshall GW, Pugach
M, Marshall SJ. Acid and deproteinization resistance of the DEJ.
J
Dent Res 80 (Spec Iss B) IADR Abstract #1892, 2001
