Lecturer Details: Level 2 Paediatric Dentistry: Hands-on Advanced Restorative Care: Posterior Composites and Advanced Endodontic Techniques

Lecturer nameAsmaa Al Taie BDS, MSc, MFDS RCS (Ed), PhD
Lecturer profileAsmaa is a clinical lecturer in restorative dentistry at Leeds. She completed her MSc with distinction and PhD at Leeds. For her PhD she developed novel nano-hybride dental composite with anticaries properties. Previously she spent a significant period of time in both General Practice and as a Senior House Officer in Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry. She has also been awarded the Membership Diploma from the Faculty of Dental Surgeons, (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh). She has an interest in rehabilitating tooth surface loss patients with direct resin composites and all aspects of fixed and removable prosthodontics. She published in the fields of dental composites, removable prosthodontics, endodontics and the rehabilitation of oral cancer patients. She has an interest in both undergraduate and postgraduate education and has lectured nationally and internationally.
Lecturer nameShashwat Bhakta BDS, MMedSci, MFDS, PhD, MRD, FDS, RCS
Lecturer profileShash Bhakta is a NHS Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Leeds Dental Institute and is the Clinical Lead for the Endodontic specialist service. He is on the GDC specialist list for Endodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry.

His clinical experience covers all aspects of Restorative Dentistry and he earned a PhD in bone augmentation biomaterials from the University of Sheffield.