Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry PhD – Yonsei University College of Dentistry, South Korea BDS (Hons) Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Biography
Research Awards, Grants & Patents:
Life member of Sri Lanka Dental Association (SLDA)
Research Interests
Natural herbs in oral disease prevention
Bacterial gene expression and gene cloning
Ongoing Research Projects
Publications
Gunawardhana KSND, Jayasooriya PR, Rambukewela IK, Tilakaratne WM. A clinico-pathological comparison between mandibular and maxillary ameloblastomas in Sri Lanka. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 2010; 39(3):236-41.
Gunawardhana KSDN, Jayasooriya PR, Tilakaratne WM. Diagnostic dilemma of unicystic ameloblastoma: novel parameters to differentiate unicystic ameloblastoma from common odontogenic cysts. Journal of Clinical and Investigative Dentistry 2013; 5: 1-6.
Kim JH, Lee DE, Gunawardhana KSND, Choi SH, Woo GH, Cha JH, Bak EJ, Yoo YJ. Effect of the interaction between periodontitis and type 1 diabetes mellitus on alveolar bone, mandibular condyle and tibia. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica 2014; 72(4): 265-273.
Kim J, Jang S, Kim A, Su H, Gunawardhana N, Jeon YE, Bak EJ, Kim JH, Cha JH. Role of bacterial γ-glutamyltranspeptidase as a novel virulence factor in bone-resorbing pathogenesis. Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea) 2016, 54(5):396-402.
J Lee, ND Gunawardhana, S Jang, YH Choi, RP Illeperuma, A Kim, H Su, YA Hong, JH Kim, J Kim, DW Jung, IH Cha, EJ Bak, JH Cha. Effect of Areca nut on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric diseases in mice. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2016, 26(10):1817-1823.
