Prof. Kuo Wan was born in Jilin Province, north-east China in 1970. After receiving his B.D.S degree in School of Stomatology, Peking University in 1993, he began his resident training in Department of Dentistry, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. From 1993 to 1999, he received training in endodontics, periodontics, pedodontics, oral medicine, dental emergency and oral&maxillofacial surgery. In 2000, he was promoted as attending doctor of endodontics. After finishing his research  "evaluation of shaping effects of 4 different endodontic instruments by Micro-CT", he received his M.D.S degree in Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College in 2000. In the same year, he began to use laughing gas in management of dental fear patients. In 2003, with the financial support of the Young Researcher's Fund of PUMCH, he established the first medical unit dealing with dental fear in China----Painless Dental Treatment Center of PUMCH.

    In 2007, Kuo Wan was promoted as  associate professor. In 2008, he was appointed deputy director of Department of Dentistry. In 2009 and 2010, he visited Upenn, Tufts University, University of South California, American Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia and Sedation in Dentistry (ASAASD), received training in dental sedation and pain management. He and Prof. Guo-Liang Zhang, a dental anesthetist, published the first textbook about dental sedation in China. In 2010, he sponsored the first national CE in China about  diagnose and management of dental fear. From 2009, Prof. Kuo Wan attended many academic meetings and gave lectures all over China to introduce dental fear and sedation.

    Prof. Kuo Wan is adjunct professor to Endodontic and Periodontal lessons for 8-year students, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), member of  Chinese Stomatological Association and Chinese Association for the Study of Pain.

   Research Projects:

    2004  Prevalence survey of adult dental anxiety in communities of Beijing        Fund for Young Researchers PUMCH

    2008  Anatomy of end branches of human trigiminal nerve and its clinical application          China Medical Board

   Prize

    1999 Honorary Staff of Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    2008 Honorary Teacher of Peking Union Medical College