Lecturer Details: Hands on Endodontics: Basic & Advanced Clinical Techniques

Lecturer nameMr Ammar Al-Hourani BDS (Glasgow), DDSc (Endodontology), MFDS RCS Edin
Lecturer profileAmmar Al Hourani qualified from Glasgow Dental School in 2009 and gained an interest in Endodontics early on in his career. After several years as a Senior House Officer and General Dental Practitioner, his interest led him to embark on a 3-year full time postgraduate DDSc endodontic training programme at Liverpool Dental School in which he achieved his Membership in Endodontics specialism examination by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh (MEndo RCS Edin) and his Doctorate in Endodontology (DDSc).

Ammar is currently a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Endodontics at Peninsula Dental School, Plymouth. At Peninsula Dental School he oversees the undergraduate and postgraduate endodontic training within the university.

Alongside his university commitments, he currently teaches general dental practitioners on several NHS 63 courses in the Yorkshire , Merseyside and East Midlands deaneries, as well as, eWisdom in London. Ammar lectures nationally and internationally with many distinguished educational institutes.

Ammar currently splits his week between his Consultant and private practice commitments. He accepts endodontic referrals in three endodontic referral clinics in London, 3 days per week
Lecturer nameRahat Ali BSc (Hons), BDS, MSc, MFGDP, MFDS, RCS, PGCert
Lecturer profileRahat qualified with First Class Honours in Physiology in 2001 and then Dentistry in 2004 from the University of Bristol. He then spent 2 years in General Practice where he finished his MFGDP Diploma before returning to the hospital sector. He spent a year as an SHO in Oral Medicine whilst completing his MFDS before working for 2 years as a Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry. During this time he developed a novel way to teach undergraduates how to correctly diagnose dental pain using the
underlying oral physiology. Rahat then worked as a Staff Grade Surgeon in London before starting his Specialist Registrar training in Restorative Dentistry at the Leeds Dental Institute and St Luke s Hospital in Bradford. During this time Rahat developed a keen interest in Complex Endodontics, Removable Prosthodontics for Gagging Patients and the multi-disciplinary rehabilitation of Head and Neck Cancer
and Cleft Palate Patients. He remains a keen and passionate teacher and provides many lectures for both undergraduates and post graduates on all aspects of restorative dentistry across the United Kingdom.

Rahat completed his specialist training in Restorative Dentistry in 2015 and his Post CCST Fellowship in Head and Neck Oral Cancer Rehabilitation with the North Western Deanery in 2016. He is now Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool Dental Hospital and also based in Specialist Practice in Manchester.

Rahat is a GDC registered Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics and Prosthodontics.

He is an Examiner for the Overseas Registration Exam, the Specialist Membership in Prosthodontics and Endodontics exams for the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) as we as the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Exam (ISFE) in Restorative Dentistry.