Plenary 4: Ashraf Fouad, Monty Duggal – Regeneration or Repair

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Regeneration or Repair: Treatment of the Traumatized Immature Tooth with a Necrotic Pulp

Dr. Fouad obtained his DDS, Certificate of Endodontics and MS at the University of Iowa (USA). He served as Assistant then Associate Professor of Endodontology at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 1992 – 2004, and as Chair of the Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at the University of Maryland from 2005 – 2015.

Dr. Fouad has published over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts and textbook chapters, over 110 abstracts, and edited and co-authored the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology and the fifth edition of Endodontics: Principles and Practice. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics. He has lectured widely in the U.S. and internationally, and his research interests include: endodontic molecular microbiology, effectiveness of antibiotic therapy, dental pulp regeneration, endodontic treatment outcomes and the pathogenesis and healing of periapical lesions in the host with normal and compromised systemic health.

Regenerative Endodontics: a True Paradigm Shift or a Bandwagon about to Come off the Rails

Professor Duggal obtained his BDS from Patiala in 1983 and his MDSc in Paediatric Dentistry in 1986 in India. He then immigrated to the United Kingdom and obtained his FDSRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and his PhD from University of Leeds. He was appointed Professor and Chair of Child Dental Health at Leeds Dental Institute in 1999 where he oversees a large, acclaimed postgraduate programme in Paediatric Dentistry. Professor Duggal has published over 130 research papers in international journals and is author of Restorative Techniques in Paediatric Dentistry, which has been published in 7 languages and has sold over 16,000 copies worldwide.

He is also a co-author of a textbook on Dental Traumatology and co-edited “Paediatric Dentistry” by Oxford, now in its 4th edition, and more recently “Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance”, published by Blackwell Wiley. He has administered research grants totaling more than 6 million pounds and is an internationally recognised researcher and clinician with a primary research interest in Cariology and Translation Research in Clinical Paediatric Dentistry, including dental traumatology.