Aws Alani

Title: Implant Dentistry Education: Everyone wants the view, nobody wants the climb

Aims and Objectives:

• To appreciate how implant teaching and training has evolved
• To understand the relative social, cultural and demographic change in how implant education is sought and sourced
• To realise the challenges faced in implant education in the future

Biography:
Aws is an Associate Professor in Restorative Dentistry at Peninsula Dental School and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Kings College Hospital, his main roles include course director for the MSc in Endodontics and course director for the Diploma in Operative Dentistry at KCL. He qualified from KCL in 2003, completed vocational training in Essex and subsequently held junior hospital positions at Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital, before completing an MSc in Endodontics at the Eastman. He moved to Morriston Hospital in South Wales to work in the Maxillofacial Unit, he subsequently completed his specialist training in Restorative Dentistry in Newcastle. During his training he lead relief work trips to Romania and Ghana with ‘Young Smiles for Romania’ and ‘Global Brigades’. 

In 2013, Aws became the International Team for Implantology Scholar in Toronto, Canada, working at the Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. He returned to London in 2014 as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at King's. His main remit is the management of congenital and acquired defects within an MDT environment, working alongside Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. 

He has published over 50 peer reviewed papers, book chapters and textbooks and maintains an active interest in current clinical issues and research. He has won grants from the British Endodontic Society and the Royal College of Surgeons to examine novel root filling materials with associated patents. He is a previous British Society of Restorative Dentistry and British Endodontic Society council member and prize winner. He completed a Master’s Degree in Medical Law in 2017 from Cardiff University. 

He holds the BSSPD in the highest regard, as he entered for the Schottlander oral prize three years in a row…without success!