14th Biennial Congress
of the European Society of Endodontology
Dr Frances Andreasen
Dr Andreasen received her dental
training at the University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan (1971) and
post-graduate degree of doctor
of odontology from Copenhagen University (1995). Since 1980, she has
been actively involved in dental trauma
research, with more than 70 scientific publications, related
primarily to pulpal responses to acute injury, long-term
prognosis after acute trauma and restoration of the
traumatized dentition. ‘Hands off – and save teeth!’ is the
common thread in her lectures, whereby clinicians are
introduced to correct examination, diagnosis and clinical
decision making with emphasis on a conservative and tooth
preserving philosophy after acute injury. Under the name
Frances Osterfelt, she is the creator of internationally
prize-winning animated films.
Professor Jeremy Bagg
PhD, FDS,
FRCPath, FFPH
Jeremy Bagg qualified BDS (Hons)
from the University of Edinburgh
in 1979. He was subsequently
appointed to a Leckie-Mactier
Research Fellowship in the
Department of Bacteriology at
Edinburgh Medical School and was awarded a PhD in 1982
on the basis of research into bacterial adhesion mechanisms.
From 1983 – 1991 he was Lecturer in Oral Medicine & Oral
Pathology at Cardiff Dental School, before moving to
Glasgow University where he is now Professor of Clinical
Microbiology and Head of the Dental School. He is
co-author of two textbooks, 10 book chapters and has
published over 130 papers in the scientific literature.
Dr George Bogen
Dr George Bogen maintains a private endodontic practice in Los Angeles, California. Dr Bogen received his dental degree in 1978 and his certificate in endodontics in 1995, both from USC. He lectures for the postgraduate departments at UCLA, Loma Linda and the VA in Long Beach and is a former Clinical Assistant Professor of Endodontics at USC.
He is the past President of the Southern California Academy of Endodontists, past secretary and trustee of American Association of Endodontists Foundation, currently a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the JOE, the AAE Corporate Relations Committee and a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. He has published numerous research articles, textbook chapters and has lectured nationally and internationally.
Prof Dr Benjamin Briseno Marroquin
Professor Dr Benjamin Briseno Marroquin, D.D.S., MDS. A native of Mexico City, Mexico, Dr. Benjamin Briseno Marroquin received his D.D.S. in 1974 from the School of Dentistry at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City, and his endodontics specialty certificate in the same university. He spent eight years in full-time private endodontic practice in Mexico City. He entered academia as an assistant professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany in 1983 and obtained the Dr. med. dent. degree at the same university in 1985. In 1993 he was appointed head of the Department of Endodontics within the Department of Operative Dentistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany where his responsibilities included teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, conduction and surveillance of research projects and administration. In 1997, Dr Briseno received the German Professor academic degree at the University of Mainz. Presently his practice is intramural and limited to endodontics in the University of Mainz, Germany. Dr. Briseno is a member of the scientific advisory panel of the Journal of Endodontics, International Endodontic Journal and Deutsche Zahnarztliche Zeitschrift. He has presented over 250 lectures, papers, and continuing education courses in 23 countries, mainly in Europe and Latin America. He has authored or co-authored approximately 90 articles addressing scientific, research and clinical topics.
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Dr W Paul Brown
DDS, FICD, FACD
Dr Brown is a Consulting Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a clinical assistant Professor at the University of the Pacific, and UCSF Schools of Dentistry. Since 1998 he has been a visiting researcher at the Stanford/NASA Biocomputation Center at Stanford University developing a library of high resolution anatomical models for use in dental and medical education. He has been the PI on 8 grants from the National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research at NIH. He has developed a ‘3-D Interactive Atlas of Human Tooth Anatomy’ which is used in most US dental schools as well as many others around the world. His most recent publication is a ‘3-D Interactive Atlas of Skull Osteology’. He will publish a ‘3-D Interactive Atlas of the TMJ, Maxilla & Mandible’ this year and is currently working on the development of a dental simulator and its associated curriculum platform. He is a graduate of the University of Detroit. He has practiced and taught endodontics in California for over 27 years.
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Professor Antonio Cerutti
M.D. D.D.S.
Professor Antonio Cerutti M.D., D.D.S. received his M.D. degree from the University of Milan and D.D.S. post graduate certificate with laude from the University of Pavia. He is Professor of Restorative Dentistry at University of Brescia Dental School; Chair and Director of Restorative Department at University of Brescia Dental School; an Active Member of Endodontics Italian Society (SIE); Active and former Board Member of Restorative Dentistry Italian Society (SIDOC) and International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and Editor in chief of Italian Journal of Endodontics. Professor Cerutti is the author of more than 150 scientific papers and extensive publications in restorative dentistry and endodontics; co-author of the multimedia textbook ‘Guidelines in Adhesive Dentistry: the key to success’ Quintessenz Verlags-GmbH, Berlin 2007 and textbook ‘Restauri estetico-adesivi indiretti parziali nei settori posteriori’ Utet Scienze Mediche 2007. He is a lecturer at International congresses and hand-on courses in Europe and the Middle East; principle investigator for several clinical international/national trials based on composite materials and restorative techniques; Analyst and Opinion Leader for clinical trials for major restorative and endodontics manufactures. Professor Cerutti has a Private Practice limited to restorative dentistry and endodontics.
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Dr Bun San Chong
BDS (Lond); LDS RCS (Eng); MSc. (Lond); MFGDP (UK); MRD; PhD (Lond); FDS RCS (Eng)
King’s College London Dental Institute & Lister House Endodontic Practice, London Dr Chong received his dental education from University College London Dental School and Guy’s Hospital. He has been associated with Guy’s Hospital, now part of King’s College London, since 1988, where he is involved with the training of future specialists. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Endodontic Journal and Editor-in-Chief (UK) of ENDO – Endodontic Practice Today. Dr Chong is registered with the General Dental Council (UK) as a Specialist in Endodontics and has been in practice limited to endodontics in Wimpole Street, London since 1990. He has published numerous scientific papers and is the Editor and a contributing author of the forthcoming 6th edition of Harty’s Endodontics in Clinical Practice. He has also written a book for general dentists - Managing Endodontic Failure in Practice (available in English, Polish, Dutch, German and Chinese) and contributed to three other major publications - Self-Assessment Picture Tests in Dentistry: Endodontics; Pathways In Practice, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Introduction to Dentistry. Whilst continuing to run postgraduate endodontic courses throughout the UK, he has also lectured worldwide.
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Professor J William Costerton
PhD J William ‘Bill’ Costerton, PhD., obtained his B.A. and M.A. in Bacteriology & Immunology from the University of British Columbia. He received his PhD. in Bacteriology from the University of Western Ontario. After obtaining this degree he went to Baring Union College, Batala Punjab, India where he set up and taught in the Pre-Medical Sciences Department, becoming Dean of Science in 1963. This was followed by Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiology at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. His academic career continued at McGill University and eventually led to him being a Professor of Biology at the University of Calgary, where he also had an AOSTRA Research Professorship and held the NSERC Industrial Research Chair. From 1993 to 2004 he was Director of the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University where he also served as Associate Dean for Research of the College of Engineering. Currently, he is Director of the Center for Biofilms in the School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California. Professor Costerton is internationally recognized for his scientific contributions regarding microbial biofilms. His research career has included studying the ultrastructure of bacterial cell surfaces and examining and stabilizing their extracellular polymers. He and his research team demonstrated the importance of the bacterial glycocalyx in adhesion and biofilm formation in both clinical and natural situations. They also demonstrated the ability of biofilms on artificial implants to have higher resistance to antibiotic therapy and thus be a source of recurring infections. More recently his research has included studies on cell-signaling and the genes involved in biofilm development. He is generally credited with the discovery that bacteria live predominantly in biofilm communities and as such, the founder of the field of Biofilm Microbiology. Professor Costerton has published over 600 papers in refereed journals and has recently written a book entitled The Biofilm Primer and is series editor for a set of 20 books on biofilms that will be published by Springer. He has been awarded the Canadian Society of Microbiology Prize, the Killam Prize for Scientific Achievement, the Procter and Gamble Prize in Environmental Microbiology by the American Society for Microbiology, a D.Sc. (honoris causa) by the University of Guelph, and been elected to the Life Sciences Division of the Royal Society of Canada.
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Mr Simon Cunnington
Mr Cunnington has his own Endodontic practice in Harley Street, which he has been running full time since l994. He has recently also joined Specialist Dental Partners in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire on a part time basis as an endodontic specialist. Originally trained at Guy’s in the 70s, Simon undertook an MSc and speciality training in Endodontics at Northwestern University Chicago. Having worked there for a year, after the completion of his course as an Assistant Professor, he returned to work at the Eastman initially full time and then part-time until l994 - when he was a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Conservation. He was intrinsically involved in the creation of the MSc course in Endodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute. In l991, he became the first European to pass the American Board of Endodontics examinations and in l996 became part of the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics. In 1999 he was placed on the GDC’s specialist list for endodontics. He has lectured throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and in America. In the past he has been the British Endodontic Society’s representative on the European Society of Endodontology and the SAC in Restorative Dentistry. He was the Senior Executive of the Langham Endodontic Study Club during its first three years.
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Dr Unni Endal
Dr Unni Endal studied dentistry at the University of Oslo, Norway, where she graduated in 1985. She received her specialist degree in endodontics in 1994 in Oslo. She has worked as a part-time clinical instructor at the Department of Endodontics in Oslo since 1993. She is presently a Clinical Assistant Professor in Endodontics, and is in charge of clinical and surgical training of the endodontic postgraduate program in Oslo. Dr Endal is also in charge of the Continuing Education Program in Endodontics in Norway run by the Norwegian Dental Society. Dr Endal is the editor of Visual Endodontics multimedia software, together with Dr Haapasalo and Dr Friedman. She is on the editorial board of Roots and Endo Tribune. She has published articles on pulp diagnostics and root filling techniques, which is now her main area of interest in research. She also works in a private practice limited to endodontics.
Professor Gianluca Gambarini
Professor of Endodontics University of Rome, La Sapienza, Dental School. International lecturer and researcher, he is author of 450 scientific articles, three books and chapters in other books. He has lectured all over the world (more than 300 presentations) and has been invited as a main speaker in the most important international (AAE, IFEA, ESE) and national endodontic congresses in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Middle East, Australia and South Africa. He has also lectured in many Universities worldwide. Professor Gambarini has focused his interests on endodontic materials and clinical endodontics. He is actively cooperating with many manufacturers all over the world to develop new technologies, operative procedures and materials for root canal treatment. He is an official member of ANSI/ADA and ISO Committees for Endodontic Materials; Active member of IADR, Italian Society of Endodontists (SIE) and European Society of Endodontology (ESE); Associate member of AAE. Former Scientific editor of the Italian Journal of Endodontics (G.It. Endo), official Journal of Italian Society of Endodontists (SIE), Country Representative for Italy in the ESE. Private practice limited to Endodontics in Rome, Italy.
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Professor Dr Gerald N Glickman
Dr Gerald N Glickman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics and Director of Graduate Endodontics at Texas A & M University/Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics (ABE) and is past President of the ABE. Dr Glickman is a consultant for the ADA’s Commission on Dental Accreditation and is a member of the American Dental Education Association’s Commission for Change and Innovation in Dental Education. He is the President-elect of the American Association of Endodontists. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He serves on the editorial boards of the International Endodontic Journal; Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Endodontics; and is an associate editor of the Journal of Endodontics. He has contributed to major texts in endodontics including the 9th edition of Pathways of the Pulp, the new 4th edition of Principles and Practice of Endodontics, and the new 6th edition of Ingle’s Endodontics.
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Professor Kishor Gulabivala
Kishor graduated from Birmingham (1980) and spent 3 years in NHS general dental practice in London. Having obtained the MSc in Conservative Dentistry at the Eastman (1983/84), he spent a further two years as a Registrar in the Department. His Lectureship in Conservative Dentistry began in 1987, during which he completed his higher training in Restorative Dentistry, whilst setting up and running the MSc in Endodontics. He was appointed Consultant in Restorative Dentistry in 1994 and entered the Specialist lists in Restorative Dentistry, Prosthodontics and Endodontics in 2000. His PhD (2004) was on microbiology of root canal flora. He is currently Training Programme Director for Restorative Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Hospital and Chairman of the Specialist Training Committee for Restorative Dentistry in London.
Professor Markus Haapasalo
Professor Haapasalo received his dental degree from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Helsinki, Finland in 1978. He received his PhD (Dr odont.) from the University of Helsinki in 1986 on the microbiology of endodontic infections, and completed his specialization in endodontics in 1987. He has taught and practiced endodontics in private practice and at the university. From 1995 to 2004 he has been a Professor of Endodontics and 1999 - 2004 the Head of the Endodontic Department and director of the Postgraduate Program in Endodontics (from 2001) at Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry in Oslo, Norway. From 2004 Professor Haapasalo accepted the position as the professor and head of the Division of Endodontics, and from 2006 as the acting head of the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences (OBMS), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Canada. Professor Haapasalo is a member of the Canadian Dental Association, Royal College of Dentists of Canada (Endodontics), and an Associate member of American Association of Endodontics. He has authored or co-authored over 90 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. Professor Haapasalo is the editor-in-chief of the scientific international journal ‘Endodontic Topics’, an associate editor of ‘Journal of Endodontics’, and he serves on the Editorial Board of ‘International Endodontic Journal’. He is also a reviewer for several other scientific journals and has contributed to several endodontic textbooks. He is the editor of the ‘Visual Endodontics Curriculum’ multimedia program. In clinical endodontics his areas of special interest include instrumentation, irrigation, persistent infections, resorptions and root canal morphology. Professor Haapasalo has received several teaching awards including the Louis I Grossman International Award by the French Endodontic Society in 2007. He is actively lecturing about endodontics worldwide.
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Professor Richard Ibbetson
BDS MSc FDS RCS (Eng) FDS RCS (Edin) FFGDP (UK) Director, Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute, Chair of Dental Primary Care, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Richard Ibbetson graduated from Guy’s Hospital Dental School in 1974. He spent twenty years at the Eastman Dental Institute in London beginning as a postgraduate student in the department of Conservative Dentistry. He became Head of Department and latterly established a new department of Continuing Education. In 1999, he was appointed to the Chair of Dental Primary Care and Director of the Edinburgh Postgraduate Dental Institute of the University of Edinburgh. He has always had a strong interest in the problems presented by the root treated tooth requiring restoration and has enjoyed addressing the Society on this subject on three previous occasions.
Professor Vladimir Ivanovic
University School of Dentistry, Department of Restorative Odontology and Endodontics, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. Dr Vladimir Ivanovic graduated in 1976 from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Belgrade. He gained M.Dent.Sc, PhD and specialization in Oral & Dental Pathology and Endodontology. He was appointed to Professor in Restorative Odontology and Endodontics in 1998 at the University School of Dentistry and has chaired the School Board for Dental Pathology and served as a vice-Dean for postgraduate and undergraduate studies. Dr Vladimir Ivanovic conducts his research mainly at Belgrade University but also at Edinburgh Dental Institute. His main interests include maintaining vital pulp, resin based composites & adhesive systems and endodontology. He has attended numerous international endodontic seminars and courses to improve his knowledge and skill. Professor Ivanovic has delivered 100 presentations/lectures both nationally and internationally, published over 60 articles in national and several international journals. He has also published chapters in 4 dental textbooks. Professor Vladimir Ivanovic is founder and President of the Serbian Endodontic Society, a member of the European Society of Endodontology since 1989, country representative for ESE General Assembly, member of the IADR/CED and school representative for ADEE. He has organized over a dozen endodontic meetings in Belgrade with internationally recognised speakers.
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Dr Bertrand Khayat
Dr Khayat is a doctor in Dental Surgery (DDS) University of Paris VII, 1982; Certificate in Endodontics University of Washington 1987; Master of Science in Dentistry (MSD) University of Washington 1987; Assistant Professor of Endodontics University of Pensylvania; Practice Iimited to Endodontics, August 1985 to present. His memberships and offices include President of the Paris Endodontic Study Club (C.P.E.A.); Active member of the American Association of Endodontists (A.A.E.); Active member of the European Society of Endodontists (E.S.E.); Active member of the French Endodontic Society (S.F.E.); Active member of the International Federation of Endodontic Associations (I.F.E.A.). Dr Khayat has published 15 articles in various journals including the Journal of Endodontics. Dr Khayat has given over 200 presentations and lectured extensively in France, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Mexico, The Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Sweden, and the United States of America.
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Dr Thomas Kvist
Dr Thomas Kvist was born on January 31, 1959 in Boras Sweden. He received his DDS from the Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1983. Subsequently he worked in private practice in his native town and in Sorrento, Italy. He completed specialization in endodontics in 1993 and received his PhD in 2001 at the Department of Endodontology, Faculty of Odontology, Gothenburg University. Since January 2009 he is holding a position as senior lecturer in Endodontology at the same department. He has been director of the Postgraduate Program in Endodontics at the Specialist Clinic for Endodontics at Public Dental Service in Gothenburg and is currently head of the clinic. Dr Kvist is a member of the editorial board of the International Endodontic Journal.
Professor Michael A O Lewis
PHD, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS (ED), FDSRCS (ENG), FRCPATH, FHEA
Professor Lewis is Professor of Oral Medicine and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Dental Studies at Cardiff University. He is also Dean of the Dental Faculty of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Professor Lewis has published over 200 scientific articles, co-authored six medical textbooks and delivered more than 450 postgraduate lectures worldwide. In addition he is the Immediate Past President of the British Society for Oral Medicine, Dental Member of the Advisory Council for Misuse of Drugs (Home Office) and Dental Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (Department of Health). Research interests include; Molecular analysis of Candida species, Prevotella species and anginosus-group streptococci; Bacterial pathogenicity and antibiotic susceptibility; Biofilms; Orofacial herpetic infection; Therapeutic use of antimicrobial agents; Prevention and control of infection.
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Dr Howard Lloyd
BDS, MSc, FDSRCS(Edin), FDSRCS(Eng), MRD, FICD
Howard graduated in 1989 from University College London Dental School. After five years’ hospital dentistry he undertook a part-time MSc in endodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute, graduating in 1996. Since then he has worked in limited practice and was admitted to the GDC Specialist Register in endodontics in 1998. He started his own referral practice in 2000. He holds a part-time teaching post at the Eastman Dental Institute department of Continuing Professional Development and has spoken at dental meetings in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He has been Honorary Treasurer of the British Society of Endodontics and is currently its Vice President and European Representative. He is a member of the British Society for Restorative Dentistry, the American Association of Endodontics, the International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology and is a certified member of the European Society of Endodontology. His main clinical interests are non-surgical re-treatment and preventing unnecessary extractions.
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Dr Francesco Mannocci
Dr Francesco Mannocci (MD, DDS,PhD) is a Specialist in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry. He is Senior Lecturer- Honorary consultant and Head of Endodontology at King’s College London. Dr Mannocci started his research activity in 1996. Since then he has authored 40 papers in international peer reviewed journals and 25 papers in other journals. Dr Mannocci has worked extensively on subjects including restorative dentistry, dental material science, endodontics, dental anatomy and histology. Dr Mannocci has recently published the book ‘Adhesive restorations of root canal treated teeth’ (Quintessence 2007).
Professor Michael Manogue
Professor Michael Manogue is Director of Education at the Leeds Dental Institute (UK). He has led the introduction of a radical undergraduate dental programme, which integrates science and clinical dentistry throughout. Work is ongoing to further harmonise the programme with Europe and it is likely that an Integrated Masters (BSc and MChD) will be the result. He has also headed the development of a Professional Doctorate (MClinDent) in Clinical Dentistry at Leeds. He is the Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Dental Education and sits on the Executive of the Association for Dental Education in Europe. He is a National Teaching Fellow.
Professor P N Ramachandran Nair
BVSC, DVM, PhD (Hon) Institute of Oral Biology, Centre of Dental and Oral Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Professor Nair graduated from the University of Kerala, India; was a postgraduate student at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, and received his doctorate from the University of Zurich, Switzerland (1973). In 1978 he joined the Institute of Oral Biology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland where he has been full-time Senior Scientist. He has been an Adjunct Professor (since 1997) at the University of Connecticut Health Centre, Farmington, USA; a Visiting Professor at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College of London (since 2004) and an Honorary Professor at Dental Schools in Dharwad (since1992) & Madras (since 2002), India. Professor Nair authored over 100 original publications and presented more than 250 invited lectures in 24 countries. He is a founding member of the Swiss Society for Endodontology of which he has been the Chairman of the Research Committee. He serves as a member of editorial boards and scientific review panels of several basic science and dental clinical journals. For his contributions to Endodontology, Professor Nair received an honorary PhD (Dr.Odont.h.c.) from the University of Umea, Sweden (1998) and research awards from the Mexican Association of Endodontics (2004), Samuel Seltzer Prize from the USA (2005) and distinguished Alumni Award (India 2006).
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Dr John Meechan
John Meechan is a Senior Lecturer and honorary consultant in Oral Surgery at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. He qualified in Glasgow with a BSc in 1974 and BDS in 1977. He has Fellowships in Dental Surgery from the Royal Colleges of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He was awarded a PhD from Newcastle University 1989. He has worked in general dental practice in Scotland and South Wales, held hospital positions in Glasgow and Newcastle, and University positions in Vancouver and Newcastle. His main research interest is dental local anaesthesia and he has published over 120 papers and authored 7 books. He is past President of the Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology and Dental Anesthesiology groups of the International Association for Dental Research. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Scientist Award from the IADR and a King James IV Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He chairs the dental injection systems working group of the International Standards Organisation.
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Dr Carl W Newton
Professor of Endodontics Indiana University School of Dentistry
Dr Newton received his DDS and MSD from Indiana University School of Dentistry in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He is a Fellow of both the American and International Colleges of Dentistry and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. He is a past Department Chairman and Director of the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Endodontics at Indiana University School of Dentistry and is Past Director of the Endodontic Residency Program at the Richard Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. He is a full professor of endodontics and teaches part time in both the predoctoral and graduate programs at Indiana. He is a Past President of the AAE (1998-99), 2-time Trustee of the AAE Foundation, and past chair of the Endodontic Section of the American Association of Dental Schools. He has served as a Director and Secretary of the American College of Diplomates. He is President of the American Board of Endodontics 2008-2009. He is a consultant to the Commission on Dental Accreditation and serves on the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Journal of Endodontics. He has published many clinical and scientific articles in refereed journals and several textbook chapters. He has had a special interest in Evidence-based Dentistry from serving the AAE as the Chair of different Committees on Outcomes Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Evidence-based Endodontics. He maintains a full-time specialty endodontic practice in Indianapolis and Avon, Indiana.
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Dr Uwe Radmacher
Dr Radmacher was born 27.09.1963 in Worms. Between 1983–1987 he studied Law at the University of Mannheim and then between 1987–1992 he studied dentistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe- Universitat, Frankfurt. Dr Radmacher was assistant professor at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt prosthodontic department with Prof. Dr. H.-Chr. Lauer between 1993 and 1995. 1995–1996 he practised oral surgery, continuing education in private practice of an oral surgeon. Since 1995 he has had a private practice in Lampertheim with Dr Markus Lewitzki and in 2008 Dr Radmacher opened a second office in Mannheim, limited to endo and CT - guided implantology, 3d diagnostic center. His key activities are Endodontology; Implantology and Microsurgery.
Dr Eric Rivera
Dr Rivera is the recipient of the 1996 AAE Endodontic Educator Award. He has had clinical experience as a GPR Dental Resident at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, private practice as a general dentist, and private practice as an endodontist. He has made numerous local, state, national and international presentations regarding the field of endodontics. His research areas include the biochemical and functional aspects of collagen cross-linking and structure of dentin related to tooth fracture, the use of calcium hydroxide as a medicament in root canal therapy, and the use of electronic apex locators. He has even worked as a chemist for Burroughs Wellcome and IBM. Dr Rivera has served as a mentor for many dental students and residents. His students have gained state and national recognition from their research experiences and presentations. Dr Rivera is currently a member of many dental and service associations, including the American Dental Association, International Association for Dental Research, American Dental Education Association, American Association of Endodontics, Iowa Dental Association, and Omicron Kappa Upsilon (honor society). He has been Chair of the Membership Services Committee of the AAE and Past- President for the Section on Endodontics of the AADS. He is a former Director and Founder of the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics and a former AAE Representative to the ADEA Council of Hospitals and Advanced Education Programs. He has served as Treasurer of the IADR Pulp Biology Group and a member of the Educational Affairs Committee for the AAE. He is currently on the Research and Scientific Affairs Committee of the AAE.
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Professor Dr Edgar Schafer
Professor Schafer graduated in 1988 in Munster/Germany, 1996 PhD Thesis and Associate Professor. Since 2002 Professor at the Department of Operative Dentistry, University of Munster, Germany. Executive board member of the German Society of Operative Dentistry (DGZ) from 1995 until 2005, and since 2004 executive board member of the Study group for Endodontology and Traumatology (AGET) associated with the German Society of Operative Dentistry. In December 2006 call on a chair at University of Leipzig, Germany, as Head of the Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology (declined to accept). Certified specialist for Endodontology of the DGZ, active and certified member of the European Society of Endodontology (ESE), associate member of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) and member of the scientific board of the Journal of Endodontics and several other endodontic journals. Currently Managing Editor-in-Chief of the international journal ENDO-Endodontic Practice Today, co-Editor of a German textbook on Endodontic Problems, author of a German textbook on Endodontic emergency treatment.
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Dr Asgeir Sigurdsson
Born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland. Graduated with cand. odont. (DDS) degree from University of Iceland, Faculty of Dentistry in 1988. After one year in private practice in Akureyri, Iceland, moved to Chapel Hill, NC USA. Graduated in 1992 from University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry with certificate in endodontics and Master of Science degree with emphasis on neurobiology and pain perception. Full time faculty member at UNC School from 1992 until 2004. Appointed as the Graduate Program Director of Endodontics (specialty training) in 1997 and served in that position until 2004. From 2004 an adjunct associate professor at UNC School of Dentistry and in private endodontic practice in Reykjavik. Honorary Clinical Teacher in Endodontology at UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London UK. Active in many professional organizations like American Association of Endodontists, International Association of Dental Research and is currently the President of the International Association for Dental Traumatology (IADT). Received in 1998 the Edward M Osetek Educator Award, awarded by the American Association of Endodontists.
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Professor Paul M Speight
PhD, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS (Eng), FDSRCS (Edin.), FRCPath
Paul Speight is Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Dean of the School of Clinical Dentistry at the University of Sheffield. He is a diagnostic pathologist with special expertise in lesions of the jawbones, including odontogenic cysts, and salivary glands. His main research interests are in the field of oral cancer, including biomarkers and studies to evaluate oral cancer screening. He is a Past President of the British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, and of the International Association of Oral Pathologists. From 2003 to 2008 he was Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Oral Biology and he sits on 5 Editorial Boards, including being a senior adviser to Oral Oncology and the British Dental Journal. He is a member of numerous national and international committees including Chair of the Awards Committee and President-elect of the British Society for Dental Research. In 2008 he was honoured with a Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research. He has published over 160 original research papers as well as a number of books and book chapters. Recently he co-authored the 4th edition of the Shear’s classic text ‘Cysts of the Oral and Maxillofacial Regions’.
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Dr Donald Thomson
Donald Thomson graduated from the University of Edinburgh Dental School. After completing vocational training in Edinburgh and hospital posts in Bristol, Edinburgh and Glasgow, he commenced training in the specialty of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology in Dundee and Glasgow Dental Hospitals. He was appointed as Consultant in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology at Dundee Dental Hospital and Honorary Senior Clinical Teacher with the University of Dundee in 2006. He has considerable experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and overseas and is a member of the Council of the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology. His interests are salivary and cross-sectional imaging and the Dental Panoramic Radiograph.
Dr Peter Velvart DMD
Following his graduation in Zurich in 1980 Peter Velvart completed a specialty graduate program in endodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to the University of Zurich as a senior lecturer in endodontics and held the position until 1988. In 1985 Peter Velvart was a visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Endodontics at the University of Connecticut, Farmington. He was a founding member of the Swiss Endodontic Society and its President for 4 years until 1998. From 1996 to 2002 he was the senior lecturer in Endodontics, University of Basel. Peter Velvart published numerous scientific articles and book chapters and he has lectured worldwide. He serves on the editorial board and is reviewer for several international Journals. He maintains a specialty practice limited to endodontics and microsurgery in Zurich. His current research involves microsurgical soft tissue management.
Professor Thomas von Arx
Professor Von Arx graduated from the School of Dental Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland in 1980. Between 1981 and 1983 he was in Private Practice with Dr H Jeger in Solothurn, Switzerland and then in 1984 he joined the Department of Oral Surgery at the University of Berne and completed his thesis there in 1985. In 1988 he moved to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the State Hospital, Lucerne. In 1998 he became Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Periodontics, Dental School, The University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio (with Professor Dr David Cochran) In 1999 Professor von Arx returned to the University of Berne as Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology and in 2002 he took on the role of Associate Professor, where he is now. Professor Von Arx has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals on topics such as endodontic surgery, guided bone regeneration in implant dentistry, bone harvesting and dental traumatology.
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Dr Julian Webber
BDS, MS, DGDP, FICD
Born 1952. After qualifying from Birmingham Dental School, UK in 1974, Dr Webber worked as an Associate in a National Health Service Practice for two years before continuing his education at Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. As the recipient of the prestigious Charles Freeman Scholarship of the American Dental Society of Europe he was the first UK dentist to receive a Master of Science Degree and Certificate in Endodontics and returned to the UK in 1978. Dr Webber has held teaching positions both at Guys Hospital and Eastman Dental Schools in London whilst maintaining a practice limited to Endodontics in central London since 1978. In October 2002, he opened the Harley Street Centre for Endodontics, a purpose built state of the art clinical teaching facility. Dr Webber devotes much time to teaching and writing having contributed to numerous journals and textbooks on Endodontics and extensively lectured around the world. His major lectures include the British Dental Association, the British Endodontic Society, the Irish Dental Association, the American Association of Endodontists, the European Society of Endodontology, the Dutch Endodontic Society, the Israel Endodontic Society, the Belgian Dental Association, the French Endodontic Society, the French Dental Association, Arab Dentistry (Dubai), AAEDC (Dubai), the Portuguese Dental Association, the Malaysian Society of Endodontology, the FDI Singapore and Australia, South African Dental Association, Spanish Dental Association and Endodontic Society, Ukraine Dental Association and Endodontic Society, Swiss Endodontic Society. Dr Webber is a former President of the British Endodontic Society, a member of the American Association Endodontists, European Society of Endodontology, a member of both the American Dental Societies of London (past president) and Europe (current vice president), a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. He is a faculty member of the Pacific Endodontic Research Foundation in San Diego, California, USA where he has perfected and taught techniques on Microscope, Conventional and Surgical Endodontics. Dr Webber is a visiting Professor at the University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Dr Webber’s lectures and courses on all aspects of Clinical Endodontics including many Hands On and Workshops on the use of rotary NiTi and three dimensional obturation techniques are very much in demand and he has travelled widely in the UK and abroad in such places as Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea. In 1998, he became Editor in Chief of the Endodontic Practice journal, a clinical endodontic journal which has rapidly grown into a world leader in its field with a large circulation both in the UK and worldwide and is now published in the US and throughout Russia and former CIS (in russian).
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Dr John Whitworth
PhD BChD, FDS RCSEd, FDS (Rest Dent) RCS
John Whitworth is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Newcastle, UK, where he delivers the undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programmes in Endodontology. Since 1991, he has led endodontic clinical services in Newcastle. In 1996, he was Visiting Associate Professor in Endodontics, University of Texas at San Antonio. In 2005, he was recipient of the Dental Defence Union UK dental teacher of the year award. An active researcher, he supervises Masters and Doctorate research students and has pursued research interests in local anaesthesia, vital pulp therapy, biomaterials science, health economics and standards of care in practice. He serves the International Endodontic Journal as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Associate editor for Review articles, is on the Editorial Boards of ‘ENDO: Endodontic Practice Today’ and ‘Endodontic Practice’ and is Endodontic Editor of the Quintessentials of Dentistry textbook series. John has published widely in peer-reviewed and professional journals, and has edited and contributed to a number of standard textbooks in Endodontology. He has been privileged to enjoy teaching engagements in Europe, Scandinavia, North America and Australia. John is the current President of the British Endodontic Society.
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Professor David Wray
Professor of Oral Medicine, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JZ. Professor David Wray MD (Honours), BDS, MB ChB, FDS RCPS (Glasgow), FDS RCS (Edinburgh), F Med Sci, graduated in both Dentistry and Medicine in Glasgow University before becoming a Fogarty Fellow in NIH, Bethesda, USA. He worked for ten years in Edinburgh Dental School as a Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine and Pathology prior to taking up the Chair of Oral Medicine in Glasgow University in 1993. He became Associate Dean for Research in 1994 and was appointed as Dean of Dental Education in Glasgow University from 2000 to 2005. He is a Dental Council Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, was Chairman of the National Dental Advisory Committee and President of the British Society for Oral Medicine. His research interests include oral ulceration, candidal infections, mucosal immunology and facial pain. He has over 100 publications including 5 books and 22 chapters in books.
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Dr Matthias Zehnder
DR. MED. DENT., PhD, PD University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Ìatthias Zehnder was born 1969 in St Gall, Switzerland. He graduated from University of Bern School of Dental Medicine in 1994, where he received his doctoral degree in dentistry (Dr. med. dent.) in 1996. Subsequently, he worked in private practice and part-time as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Oral Cell Biology, University of Bern School of Dental Medicine. Between 1998 and 1999, he was employed at the Department of Oral Biology and Periodontology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. He then took a specialist training in Endodontology at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery in New York, from which he graduated in 2001. Currently, he is the head of the Division of Endodontology at the Clinic of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology, and Cariology, University of Zurich School of Dental Medicine. In addition, Matt has completed a PhD at Turku University in June 2005 and has received a Docent title from the University of Zurich in June 2007. Matt Zehnder’s main research interests are in diagnosing pulpal disease using molecular markers, and in developing improved methods to treat infected dental hard tissues.
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