Brief Profile:
Dr. Angelo Lazaris is a practicing cosmetic dentist in Sydney, Australia. He has 15 years of experience in dental practice. Since 2014, he is also a clinical educator offering various courses in aesthetic/cosmetic dentistry to delegates in Australia and abroad.

Current Position:
General and Cosmetic Dentist

Qualification:
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Honours), 1991. Post Graduate Masters in Aesthetic Dentistry, 2014.

Professional Experience:
Dr. Angelo Lazaris is a practicing cosmetic dentist in Sydney, Australia. He operates a boutique dental practice in the heart of Sydney’s CBD focused on aesthetic rehabilitations. He earned his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree with Honours in 1991 from the University of Sydney.

Since graduating, he has completed a number of post-graduate courses and educational programmes, both in Australia and overseas, furthering his knowledge and experience in the fields of Aesthetic Dentistry, Dental Implants and Complex Restorative Dentistry, which are areas of special interest for his practice.

In 2014, Dr Lazaris graduated from Kings College London Dental School’s Post Graduate Masters in Aesthetic Dentistry program and has subsequently made the transition from student to educator. Angelo is truly passionate about his work and his technical skills are matched by sound theoretical knowledge on a wide base of topics in contemporary aesthetic dentistry.

Brief Profile:
A Dentist with an extensive background in the provision of periodontics, prosthodontics and implant dentistry in both military and private referral-based practice. A clinical teacher, research supervisor and module lead for masters level distance learning programmes.

Current Position:
Dentist practicing Periodontics and Implant Dentistry in Birmingham and South Wales, UK. Module Lead, Clinical Teacher, Research Supervisor and Examiner for distance learning prosthodontic and aesthetic dentistry programmes.

Qualification:
MSc (Periodontology) UCL, Fellowship of the Institute of Leadership & Management, MClinDent (Prosthodontics) KCL, Membership of the City & Guilds Institute, Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery RCS (Eng), Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK), Bachelor of Dentistry (Leeds).

Professional Experience:
Dentist with Practice Limited to Periodontics & Implant Dentistry. Providing a full range of non-surgical and surgical periodontics and implant dentistry for a referral base across the West Midlands and South Wales.

Military Dental Officer 1999-2017. Senior Dental Officer providing a full range of dental care for entitled patients in the UK and Germany, as well as on operations around the world. Leadership and management of multichair dental centres and significant staff numbers. Former Defence Enhanced Practitioner (Perio) including provision of an international, military-wide referral service in Periodontics, including teaching and policy delivery.

Brief Profile:
DMD, Porto University; Master of Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics from King`s College, London University – UK

Current Position:
Private Practice Aesthetic Dentistry at ORA Clinic

Qualification:
DMD – Porto University, PortugalMaster of Clinical Dentistry in Prosthodontics – Kings College, London, UK

Professional Experience:
DMD 2002 – Porto University – Portugal ; MClinDent 2009 – King`s College London- UK Author of several articles in Peer reviewed journals and Lecturer in Aesthetic Dentistry. Private Practice dedicated to Aesthetic Dentistry at ORA Clinic in Portugal ( www.ora.pt )

Brief Profile:
Louis Mackenzie is a general dentist working in Birmingham, England and is a clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham School of dentistry and in the postgraduate department at King’s college London. He delivers postgraduate lectures nationally and internationally on direct and indirect restorative techniques and minimally invasive dentistry and runs a series of popular hands-on courses. He is co-founder of www.dentaljuce.com the online verifiable dental CPD library, is a member of the editorial board of Dental Update journal and is the head of clinical training at Simplyhealth Professionals. He is one of the U.K’s most experienced experts in e-learning in Dentistry.

Current Position:
Private general practitioner

Qualification:
BDS University of Birmingham

Professional Experience:
Dr. Louis Mackenzie is a general dental practitioner who has worked continuously at the same practice since qualifying from the University of Birmingham School of Dentistry in 1990.

He is an undergraduate clinical lecturer at Birmingham dental school in the departments of Conservative dentistry and endodontics, Oral Biology and Oral pathology and for nine years has been running the final year special study module in direct aesthetic restorative techniques.

He is one of the UK’s most experienced experts in e-learning in dentistry and in 2009 was presented with the University of Birmingham School of dentistry award for teaching excellence.

He is academic lead of the University of Birmingham’s new MSc program in Restorative dentistry and is a postgraduate tutor at King’s college London where he teaches on the MSc programs in aesthetic dentistry and advanced minimum intervention dentistry.

He has also designed and delivered Master’s level teaching for the University of Manchester and the University of Central Lancashire.

Louis delivers postgraduate lectures nationally and internationally on direct and indirect restorative techniques, minimum intervention dentistry, aesthetic and cosmetic dentistry, clinical photography and radiography. He is one of the UK’s most sought-after lecturers and presents regularly at all of the UK’s major dental conferences and forums.

He designed and runs a series of popular hands-on courses which have been continuously sold out for the last 12 years. His unique practical training program includes: Amalgam restorations, Posterior composites, Anterior composites, conventional and adhesive indirect restorations and treatment planning.

Louis is a key opinion leader for a number of international dental manufacturing companies. He has written a range of papers for peer reviewed dental journals (including Dental Update, the British Dental Journal and the Primary dental Journal {faculty of general dental Practitioners}) and textbook chapters on direct and indirect aesthetic restorative dentistry, clinical photography and dental anatomy. He has published a wide range of restorative and other articles in non-peer reviewed dental journals and has a monthly clinical column in Simplyhealth Professionals Insight magazine.

He is co-founder of www.dentaljuce.com the online verifiable dental CPD library, is a member of the editorial board of Dental Update journal and is the head of clinical training at Simplyhealth Professionals. He is a member of the design and teaching team at the Academy of Dental Excellence.

Brief Profile:
Dr. Marvin is passionate in his private practice on conservative cosmetic and reconstructive dentistry. He is devoted to the application of new techniques in the area of restorative dentistry, implementation of innovative dental materials and creation of new clinical protocols for the solution of cases under the contemporary approach of “Minimum Intervention”.

He is a clinical trainer and speaker on topics such as modern dental materials and their applications in Biomimetic Dentistry. Master of Science with deep theoretical and clinical knowledge in the design of Fibre Reinforced Composite Fixed Partial Dentures (FRCFPDs).

Current Position:
Private practitioner

Qualification:
LDS (UIA, Costa Rica), MSc Aesthetic Dentistry (Kings, UK), Implant Dentistry (University of Miami)

Professional Experience:
Dr. Marvin has more than 15 years of experience in private practice management focused on implant dentistry, conservative cosmetic dentistry and complex oral rehabilitation cases. He is dedicated to the application of new techniques in the area of restorative dentistry.

Brief Profile:
Dr Chan is a practicing aesthetic restorative dentist, a clinical trainer and educator, a qualified dermal therapist and also a professional photographer.

Current Position:
Private practice as Aesthetic Restorative Dentist & Dermal Therapist, Honorary Clinical Consultant for King’s College, London. Clinical Trainer for Australasian Academy of Dento-Facial Aesthetics (AADFA), Key Opinion Leader for Planscan & HenryScheinHalas

Qualification:
BDsc (UWA), Grad Cert Dent (Adel), FIADFE, MSc (Aesthetic Dentistry) MFGDP (UK), PG Dip AARD, GradDipDermTher (AACDS)

Professional Experience:
Dr Michael Chan is a practicing aesthetic restorative dentist in Perth, Australia. Areas of special interest include: CAD/CAM dentistry, Digital Smile Design, Direct and Indirect veneers, aesthetic orthodontics using fixed appliances and clear aligners, and wear rehabilitation. Facial injectables is also a major part of his practice including wrinkle relaxers, dermal fillers, injection lipolysis, and thread lifts. He is also a qualified dermal therapist and performs treatments such as: laser skin rejuvenation, chemical peels and microdermabrasion. He has been a clinical trainer and educator in the areas of aesthetic dentistry and facial injectables for many years. Michael is also a professional photographer specialising in studio portrait photography.

Brief Profile:
Dr. Shamir Mehta is a partner in two Practices in the North West London area, a Senior Clinical Teacher and Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry at the KCL. He is also an Independent Clinical Adviser/ Expert, taking instructions form the General Dental Council (UK) and the Medical Defence Union (MDU).

Current Position:
Senior Clinical Teacher and Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry at the KCL.

Qualification:
BDS BSc MClinDent (Prosth) FICD FFGDP(UK) FDS RCPS (Glas) FDS RCS (Eng)

Professional Experience:
Shamir has over 25 years of experience as a dental practitioner. In 1992, he was awarded a scholarship to undertake an intercalated BSc at King’s College London (KCL) and attained a First-Class degree in Biomedical Sciences, with Physiology & Pharmacology. He qualified as a dentist from KCL in 1996, with a Bachelor’s in Dental Surgery (awarded with Distinction) and in 2005, he completed his Master’s in Clinical Dentistry in Fixed & Removable Prosthodontics (University of London), awarded with Distinction.

Currently, Shamir is a Senior Clinical Teacher, (Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry) at KCL, a Partner in two dental practices in NW London and the Senior Clinical Dental Adviser at the General Dental Council (GDC), Fitness to Practice, having previously served as an independent expert witness. Shamir has also co-developed the Certificate and Diploma Programmes in Advanced Aesthetic & Restorative Dentistry.

His areas of interest are the management of worn teeth, aesthetic evaluation/ smile design, clinical occlusion and cracked tooth syndrome. He lectures on these topics in the UK and internationally. He has gained several peer reviewed publications (lead author of the popular British Dental Journal Series on Tooth Wear Management, 2012), written several textbook chapters, co-authored/co-edited a textbook in Aesthetic Dentistry (Practical Procedures in Aesthetic Dentistry, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017) and on Tooth Wear (Practical Procedures in The Management of Tooth Wear, Wiley-Blackwell, 2020) and contributed towards a European Consensus Statement on Management Guidelines for Severe Tooth Wear. He is a Panel Member for the King’s College London Research and Ethics Committee, a panel member for the King’s College London Fitness Practice Committee, an Examiner for several institutions and a Manuscript Reviewer for several the contemporary dental journals, (British Dental Journal, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation and Dental Update). He also sits on the editorial boards for several dental journals, several Project Boards at the GDC (having contributed to the Dental Record Keeping Standards, NHSE, 2019), and is also a member of the Erosive Tooth Wear Roundtable Discussion Group.

Shamir has also gained numerous academic awards and prizes inclusive of; Highly Commended in the category of National Dentist of the Year (Dental Awards 2017), Highly Commended – FMC Aesthetic Dentistry Awards 2016 (Full Mouth Reconstruction), Finalist at the FMC Dentistry Awards 2016/2017 (Best Patient Care London/South) and Finalist at the FMC Private Dentistry Awards (Best Patient Care South) 2017.

In 2017, he was also awarded a Fellowship by the prestigious International College of Dentists (ICD) and in 2019, awarded Fellowships by the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (FFGDP), by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (FDS RCPS) and the Royal College of Surgeons, England (FDS RCS).

He is currently a Researcher at Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and is completing his PhD in tooth wear. In 2021, Shamir was also appointed to the role of a Reviewer for the Centre of Advancing Practice, Health Education England (HEE).

Shamir has also been selected to be a Facilitator for the FGDP(UK) Preparing for Fellowship programme and is also a Member of the prestigious FGDP(UK) Academy.

Brief Profile:
Alongside his private practice in London UK, Dr. Banerji is also the Director of the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry Program at King’s College London, UK. He is also an Associate Professor at Department of Prosthodontics, University of Melbourne, Australia.
Current Position:
Private Practitioner; Program Director, King’s College London UK; Associate Professor, Dept. of Prosthodontics, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Qualification:
BDS, MClinDent (Prostho), PhD, MFGDP (UK), FICOI, FICD

Professional Experience:
Dr Subir Banerji qualified with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Dental School, UK. He completed an advanced course in Restorative Dentistry at The Eastman Dental Hospital, London and his Fellowship of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He gained his Masters in Clinical Dentistry (Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics) from the University of London, PhD from Kings College London and Fellowship in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow. He is Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne Dental School, Australia. He is also a fellow of the International College of Dentists. In addition to his Private Practice in London he is the Programme Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry. He was a former Senior Post Graduate Tutor on the Master’s in Clinical Dentistry (fixed and removable Prosthodontics) programme and a Senior Undergraduate Specialist Clinical Teacher at the Department of Primary Dental Care at King’s College London. He lectures nationally and internationally and has several publications to his credit in peer reviewed International journals and written several books. He is a reviewer for the Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry publication by Quintessence. He is also the author of the academic units on Implants, Posterior Composites and Tooth Wear for the Master’s programmes at King’s College and is involved in research. He has conducted several Postgraduate and Master’s level courses in aesthetics, implants, composites, fixed and removable prosthodontics and occlusion in the UK, US, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and India. He is also an examiner for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes and has supervised and examined several Master’s level final year research and dissertation projects and is also a PhD supervisor. He is on the expert international panel to author a consensus paper on the treatment and management of Pathological Tooth Wear. He is an appointed expert and advisor to the General Dental Council (UK) He is also Head of the Continuing Medical Education department of i2i Telesolutions Pvt Ltd and on the editorial board of the Academy of Dental Excellence.

Brief Profile:
Dr Tom Bereznicki has over 38 years experience in general dental practice in London. His Special Interests lie in all aspects of Restorative Dentistry but in particular Occlusion and Emergence Profile.

Current Position:
Dawood & Tanner Dental Practice, London. Visiting Clinical Specialist Teacher in the Department of Primary Dental Care at King’s Denmark Hill, London.

Qualification:
BDS (Edin), MFDTEd, MFGDPEng, MCGDent

Professional Experience:
Tom graduated from Edinburgh in 1976, moved to London and worked as a House Surgeon at Guy’s and The Royal Dental Hospital before entering general dental practice in 1978. In 1982, he opened his own private practice as a ‘squat’ in Queensgate before moving to join Dawood & Tanner in January 2011. His Special Interests lie in all aspects of Restorative Dentistry but in particular Occlusion and Emergence Profile. Tom is also a Visiting Clinical Specialist Teacher one day a week in the Department of Primary Dental Care at King’s Denmark Hill, London. More recently he has started to lecture around the country for the BACD, BDA and study clubs primarily on Restorative Aspects of Occlusion and The Creation of Emergence Profile as well as mentoring younger dentists in their careers. Tom is co- opted member to the Advisory Boards in The Faculties of Primary Dental Care and Dental Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. In 2018, Tom gained a new qualification – Membership of the Faculty of Dental Trainers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh as well as being appointed Staff President of King’s Dental Students Society and was subsequently appointed as a Member of The Kings Dental Alumni Association Council. He was re-elected as Staff President for a second year in May 2019. In May 2018 Tom was awarded one of King’s College London’s prestigious Teaching Excellence Awards – Teaching Experience. In 2019 he was nominated for The 2019 Kings Education Award – Student Support. In July 2018 he became a Member of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners at The Royal College of Surgeons, England. He has also been elected as President of The Metropolitan Branch of The British Dental Association for the Year 2022/23.

Brief Profile:
Dr Gareema Prasad is a practicing general dentist, who has a Phd in Oral Medicine. She has been actively been involved in lecturing and currently is an Hon. Senior lecturer at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne.

Current Position:
Practice Owner at The Dental HQ, Founder of International Dental Education Centre (IDEC)

Qualification:
BDSc(Univ. of Melb), PhD (University of Melb)

Professional Experience:
Dr Gareema Prasad completed her Bachelor of Dental Science and Phd from the University of Melbourne. She has spent many years practicing general dentistry in Australia, Singapore and India. She has published peer reviewed articles in International Dental Journals and has written a book chapter in the e-textbook “Oral Oncology”. She has founded IDEC which is a state of the art dental continuing education center and she sits on the advisory board of Concept Pharmaceuticals as a medical director.

Brief Profile:
Dr Marie Sanfey is a general dentist in private practice. Her daily work focuses mostly on Aesthetic and Restorative dentistry. She is actively involved in clinical tutoring of Undergraduate Dentistry students and lecturing Postgraduate dentists.

Current Position:
Private general practitioner.

Qualification:
BDS NUI (UCC, Ireland), PGDipAARD, MSc Aesthetic Dentistry (Kings, UK)

Professional Experience:
Dr Marie Sanfey completed a Bachelor of Dental Surgery in University College Cork in Ireland. From there, she pursued a career in general practice in the UK, while studying towards qualifications from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Her passion for further education lead her to complete her Masters in Aesthetic Dentistry from King’s College London. Dr Sanfey is particularly interested in what the future holds for Dentistry; her final year dissertation focused on the management of dental expectations among “Millennials” or “Generation Y”. Dr Sanfey’s focus on the future of Dentistry aligns with her passion for ethical and minimally invasive Aesthetic Dentistry. Dr Sanfey’s goal is to contribute to the education of others in contemporary techniques to achieve excellence with minimally invasive adhesive Dentistry.

Brief Profile:
Dr. Nurul graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from University of Malaya in 2004. She underwent her postings in the Ministry of Health and had worked with the Oral Surgery Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur, under the supervision of the oral surgery consultants before having had the opportunity to work in Dubai for a couple of years, where she sat for her MFDS exams in Abu Dhabi and further on with her masters (MSc) in Aesthetic Dentistry in London.

Current Position:
Chief Academic Officer, The Dental Academy Malaysia.

Qualification:
BDS ( University of Malaya, Malaysia), MSc ( King’s College London)

Professional Experience:
Dr. Nurul graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from University of Malaya in 2004. She underwent her postings in the Ministry of Health and had worked with the Oral Surgery Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur, under the supervision of the oral surgery consultants before having had the opportunity to work in Dubai for a couple of years, where she sat for her MFDS exams in Abu Dhabi and further on with her masters (MSc) in Aesthetic Dentistry in London. She went for Comprehensive Certification Licensing in Implantology by the University of Berne, Switzerland and University of Sharjah, UAE in 2013. She later on obtained the MSc of Aesthetic Dentistry in the year of 2013. She was nominated as Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD) in 2014. Dr. Nurul’s interest in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry had brought her to numerous places for trainings, and lecturing, having been given the responsibilities to be the Key Opinion Leader for a few principals in Restorative and Aesthetic Dentistry’s materials and products. Dr. Nurul is the former President of the Malaysian Association of Aesthetic Dentistry , Vice President of the Asian Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and recently had been elected as the Country Coordinator for the European Society of Cosmetic Dentistry in 2019. Her areas of interest are on the analog and digital smile designs, prefabricated composite resin as option in smile designing, composite resins and adhesives. Currently, Dr. Nurul is the Chief Academic Officer for the The Dental Academy Malaysia. Apart from that she is also a full time PhD student in Universiti Teknologi MARA and maintains her clinical practice with some of established private practices around KL.