Lecturer Details: DFT Endodontics Day 1

Lecturer nameKiren Patel
Lecturer profileBDS (Hons) (KCL) MFDS (Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh) MClinDent Endodontology (Distinction; KCL) MEndo (Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh)

Kiren graduated with Honours from King’s College London in 2014 and obtained her diploma of membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Edinburgh (MFDS RCS Ed.) in 2016.

Kiren successfully completed her 4-year specialist training programme in Endodontology qualifying with Distinction, at King’s College London Dental Institute. She has since returned as a part-time clinical teacher at King’s College London, Guy’s Hospital, supervising both undergraduate BDS students and postgraduate MClinDent Endodontology students. She has also been awarded the prestigious Membership in Endodontics by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh.

She has a broad range of skills, having worked in general practice for many years and through her previous positions in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Northampton General Hospital and in the Restorative Dentistry department at Bristol Dental Hospital, providing a range of complex treatments for patients referred for endodontic and restorative care.

Kiren is passionate about providing high quality endodontic care to relieve her patients of pain and allow them to keep their teeth for longer. She enjoys keeping up to date with the latest advances in the field of endodontics.
Kiren sees patients referred for endodontic treatment including:
• Endodontic examination and diagnosis
• Restorability assessment
• Non-surgical root canal treatment (RCT) and re-treatment (Re-RCT)
• Management of complex root canal anatomy, resorption, obstructed/calcified canals, cracked teeth and dental trauma
• Surgical endodontic treatment/ apicectomy
• Apexification
• Vital pulp therapy