Joining the Institute of Dentistry means that you’ll be taught by experts in their fields
In addition to co-authoring three Cochrane systematic reviews, Dr Bailey has published widely on a variety of topics including pain management, patient safety, dental education and evidence-based surgical techniques. Edmund is a member of the Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPS) national steering group at NHS England and he sits on the Council of the British Association of Oral Surgeons. In 2018, he authored the textbook ‘Core Oral Surgery for Dental Students’ with Andrew Sadler.
Padhraig Fleming is Professor, Consultant and DClinDent Program Lead in Orthodontics. He is an Associate Editor of American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, British Dental Journal, Journal of Dentistry, Orthodontics and Craniofacial research and Progress in Orthodontics and is on the editorial board of numerous other journals. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and also co-authored two successful orthodontic textbooks. He lectures regularly in the UK, Europe, America, Asia and Australasia.
His ongoing research includes an evaluation of the value of orthodontic treatment, development of a core outcome set for orthodontics, as well as randomised controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of retention protocols, novel techniques to improve compliance with removable retention, and comparison of functional appliance variants and wear regimes. More recently, he has collaborated with material scientists in developing materials that may be useful in addressing orthodontic white spot lesions.
Anwar Tappuni is Clinical Professor in Oral Medicine, President of the Oral Medicine and Pathology Group of the British Society for Oral and Dental Research and past President of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). She is Chair of the BMA/BDA Refugee Doctors and Dentists Liaison Group, and Member of the BDA Reference Group for Dental Academic Staff. Her research interests include Sjögren’s syndrome, biomarkers for head and neck cancer, and severity scoring of oral mucosal diseases. She has co-authored the National Management Guidelines for Adults with Sjögren’s Syndrome and is also a co-investigator in two industry-funded clinical trials for treatment modalities for Sjögren’s Syndrome.
Dominiki Chatzopoulou is Clinical Senior Lecturer in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, she lectures internationally on periodontology and is also in demand as a consultant. Her clinical time is divided between private periodontal practice in West London and the Royal London Hospital. Dominiki also works as a Consultant Periodontal Lead in the Specialist Periodontal Service which has been commissioned by NHS North East London and the City Trust. Her research focuses on bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and growth factors.
Professor Ferranti Wong is Professor of Paediatric Dentistry and joint programme lead for DClinDent Paediatric Dentistry. He has an international reputation and has been invited as a keynote speaker to many conferences. Professor Wong has broad research interests which include caries research, biomaterials, and dental trauma. Other research interests include dental genetics on dental anomalies and age estimations. Ferranti teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students covering most topics in paediatric dentistry.
Dr Janet Davies is a Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry. Dr Davies is the co-course coordinator for the DClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry. She leads seminars and lectures for postgraduates and undergraduates in Paediatric Dentistry particularly in the areas of cariology, growth and development, genetics, safeguarding children, soft tissue disease and periodontology. Janet’s research interests include the role of salivary proteins in dental caries, the application of X-ray microtomography (XMT or micro-CT) in enamel de- and remineralisation and hypoplasia, radiographic assessment of the developing dentition and consent and parental responsibility for vulnerable children.
Dr Tim Friel has worked in a variety of Community Dental posts and is a recognised specialist in Prosthodontics and Special Care Dentistry. Dr Friel’s areas of clinical interest include all aspects of removable and fixed prosthodontics, including implant treatment and dental care of older people. Tim provides extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and is interested in the use of video in e-learning and the development of web-based learning material.
Dr Lochana Nanayakkara is an alumna of Queen Mary and now Director of Dental Education for Barts Health NHS Trust and co-director of the DClinDent Prosthodontics at Queen Mary. She is also a part-time Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at The Royal London Dental Hospital, which involves looking after people with complicated medical histories, particularly those patients with Endocarditis and patients with inherited bleeding disorders. Dr Nanayakkara also continues to work in private practice.
Professor Simon Holmes is the programme lead for the MSc Craniofacial Trauma Reconstruction and lead Cranio-Facial Trauma surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust. As a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon he is dually qualified in both medicine and dentistry and has an international reputation for excellence in primary and revision facial trauma surgery.
Professor Holmes is a trustee of the charity Saving Faces and an editorial reviewer for the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (BJOMS). In addition to training of junior doctors, he teaches and lectures both nationally and internationally and has contributed to several key publications in the field of Facial Trauma Surgery.
Simon’s current areas of adult and paediatric practice within the private and NHS sectors include primary and revision facial trauma, scar and soft tissue injuries, complex wisdom tooth extractions and general oral surgery, as well as diseases and disorders of the temporomandibular joint.
Dr Saroash Shahid studied his MSc and PhD at Queen Mary and is now a Senior Lecturer in Dental Biomaterials and Dental Anatomy. Dr Shahid is the programme director for MSc Dental Materials and teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules. Saroash’s research interests include remineralisation of teeth and dental restoratives, novel biomimetic flake glass dental coatings for protection of teeth, and novel chlorhexidine particles for treatment of periodontitis, and glass ionomer cements, and he has published a number of articles on these topics.
Dr Vanessa Muirhead is Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health and the programme lead for MSc/PGDip/PGCert Dental Public Health, Policy and Leadership. A Queen Mary alumna, Vanessa gained her Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and became a GDC-recognised specialist in Dental Public Health in 2016.
Dr Muirhead’s current research covers the development and evaluation of oral health interventions in primary care (i.e., GDPs and community pharmacies) and for vulnerable populations, such as looked after children.
Dr Eleni Hagi-Pavli is programme lead for the MSc Dental Science for Clinical Practice, which she developed for overseas dentists wishing to orientate themselves into UK Dentistry, and also teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate modules. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been nominated for a number of awards for her teaching at Queen Mary.
Dr Hagi-Pavli’s research focuses on understanding the basic mechanisms regulating oral mucosal damage and repair. Her studies concentrate on various aspects of the oral mucosa’s inflammatory response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors. She also considers the signalling mechanisms by which adhesion molecules and cytokines are induced by vasoactive peptides and small organic and inorganic compounds. Recently, her research has focused on understanding the regulation of neutrophil recruitment to oral mucosal sites in health and in disease, and she has published extensively on these topics.
Eleni is passionate about her subject and committed to engaging with the public and young people to enthuse them about science and technology, with a focus on dentistry.
Dr Michael Cattell is a Reader in Dental Technology and Biomaterials and programme lead for the MSc Dental Technology. Managing a busy laboratory and teaching has given him a vast technical knowledge and experience in a wide range of manufacturing techniques used in dental restoration construction, together with knowledge of functional dental occlusion, dental anatomy and the aesthetics of restorations.
In 2012 Mike was the lead responsible for setting up and running the Dental Laboratories for the Olympic and Paralympic games, including a successful mouth guard programme. He was part of the Olympic and Paralympic games medical team who won the prestigious Nursing Times Team of the year award. Dr Cattell teaches MSc, DClinDent and PhD students in Dentistry and Materials and is course director for the MSc in Dental Technology.
His research interests include the synthesis, nucleation and crystallization of novel glasses for Dentistry. This work led to novel low-wear, high-strength nano-scale glass-ceramics to prevent facture/wear of dental ceramic restorations and several patents and publications. Over three million restorations were provided for patients and sold in 46 countries which received media coverage worldwide. These glass-ceramics allowed minimal or “no tooth” drilling, eliminating pain and local anaesthesia injections required to prepare teeth.
Bunsan Chong is Professor of Restorative Dentistry, and Honorary Consultant with Barts Health NHS Trust. Professor Chong's professional career combines clinical practice with teaching, scholarship and research. He is a General Dental Council (UK) registered Specialist in Endodontics and, since 1990, also in specialist private practice limited to endodontics in central London.
Professor Chong is the Editor and a contributing author of two editions of Harty’s Endodontics in Clinical Practice, author of Managing Endodontic Failure in Practice, a contributing author of Principles of Endodontics and a former President of the British Endodontic Society. He has edited and contributed to a number of other publications worldwide.
Bunsan is programme lead for MSc Endodontic Practice and teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry degrees. His research interests cover root canal medicaments, endodontic microbiology, endodontic treatment outcome, management of endodontic failures, root-end filling materials, post-surgical tissue reaction/healing response, and digital aids and devices in clinical endodontic practice, and he has published extensively on these topics.
Dr Angray Kang is Reader in Molecular Cell Biology and the programme lead for MSc Experimental Oral Pathology. He has taught and supervised students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. During his career, Dr Kang has worked in academic research and in the biopharmaceutical industry involved in drug discovery and development.
Angray’s research focuses on developing an alternative approach to vaccination by looking at individuals exposed to either the pathogen or a vaccine and deciphering the antibody response to attempt to identify what may be protective antibodies for use in passive immunisation or to aid the design of vaccines based on conserved protective structures or even use the genetically encoded antibodies in novel interventions.
Dr Aylin Baysan is Reader in Cariology in relation to Minimally Invasive Dentistry. Dr Baysan is the programme lead for the MSc Minimally Invasive Dentistry, teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and supervises MSc and PhD student projects.
Aylin’s main research interest is on optimum methods to manage root caries. There are still areas that require intensive research on root caries especially with our ageing population worldwide.
Following extensive investigations to design an ozone delivery system for dental purposes, she became the third inventor of ozone delivery system for the management of root caries.
Dr Baysan has also received a number of awards and grants for her research work including work on a novel bioactive membrane for the regeneration of dental hard tissues. In addition, she established and led on another unique collaboration with the diabetes team at Barts Health to investigate a link between diabetes, dry mouth and root caries in the east London area. The ultimate aim is to develop clinical guidelines for the management of root caries in patients with dry mouth. Dr Baysan has also published chapters in a number of books related to her research interests.
Paul Anderson is Professor of Oral Biology and started the first MSc Oral Biology in the UK, with now over 80 graduates. Professor Anderson is currently chair of the Institute of Dentistry Dental Postgraduate Committee. He is also Secretary of the Association of Basic Science Teachers in Dentistry.
Professor Anderson’s main research area is the chemistry of enamel and hydroxyapatite in the context of de and remineralisation of enamel. Recently, he has developed research into the influence of salivary proteins on these processes, to study their role in enamel homeostasis. He has developed novel X-ray absorption microscopies to assist with these studies and used these technologies to study diffusion processes in enamel, and the efficacy of treatments for dental hypersensitivity. Paul has been sponsored by the MRC, EPSRC, Wellcome, as well as RAB, and Queen Mary grants.