The Langham Study Group is a self funded organisation that was created in 1997 following an idea by Simon Cunnington and a small group of forward looking practitioners. That idea was to create a forum for Endodontists to meet, share their knowledge and continue learning together.
With a name inspired by an old London telephone area, its members began to meet regularly to share their expertise and network with other practitioners across the UK. Shortly after, guest speakers were attracted to the study group to present on important topics and advances within the field of Endodontics.
Over two decades later, over 60 guest speakers have presented to the group, which is now made up of an established community of practitioner and academic members.
Attracting national and international speakers and meeting three times a year in London, the Langham Endodontic Study Group continues to further the professional development of its members at the forefront of Endodontology.
Our Vision
The vision of the Langham Endodontic Study Group is to contribute to the development and training of experienced or newly qualified Endodontic professionals. Our purpose is to bring speakers at the forefront of research, innovation and clinical excellence to share their knowledge and experience with our members in a relaxed learning environment.
The Committee
Current Committee Members
Aram Navai
Senior Executive Officer
Bhavin Bhuva
SEO Elect
Marian Vallina
Treasurer
Jonathan Hatton
Treasurer Elect
Mitul Patel
Communications Officer
Taranpreet Puri
Secretary
Tiago Pimentel
Social Media & Website Officer
Charlie Barnfield
Venue Liaison Officer
George Patouris
Postgraduate Student and Social Representative
Previous Speakers
2025
3 meetings
Dr Bruno Azevedo
Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Radiologist and Endodontist
“Challenging Conventional Wisdom: New Perspectives on CBCT in Endodontic Practice”
Prof Josette Camilleri
Professor in Endodontics and applied materials
“Hydraulic Cements: From the building to the surgical site”
Dr Cesar De Gregorio
Sub-Director of the Graduate program in Advanced Endodontics at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
“Management of dento-alveolar trauma in the permanent dentition”
2024
3 meetings
Professor Ronald Ordinola-Zapata
Associate Professor at the Endodontic Division, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
“Innovation in root canal disinfection & understanding the endodontic-periodontic lesion”
Professor Francesc Abella Sans
Professor and Director of European Master’s Degree in Endodontics, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
“Endodontic Digital Workflow”
Professor Em Paul Lambrechts
Professor Emeritus, Department of Oral Health Research, K.U.Leuven
“An exploration of external cervical root resorption and iatrogenic damage to the endodontium”
2023
3 meetings
Dr Stephen P Niemczyk
Director of Endodontic Microsurgery, IB Bender Postdoctoral Endodontic Program, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia
“Bleeding edge techniques and technology in microsurgical endodontics”
Professor Hal Duncan
Professor and Consultant in Endodontics, Dublin Dental University, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
“Vital Pulp Treatment: Basic Science, Translational Research, Protocols and Guidelines for Practice”
Professor Thomas Kvist
Associate professor, Department of Endodontology, Institute of Odontology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
“Success and Failure in Endodontics Reconsidered”
2022
3 meetings
Professor Giuseppe Cantatore
Professor of Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, University “Vita-Salute” San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
“Treatment Planning Dilemmas for Complex Endodontic Cases”
Professor Mohamed Fayad
Associate Professor, Department of Endodontics, Director of Endodontic Research, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
“Pushing the envelope in Endodontics utilizing CBCT imaging”
Professor Luigi Nibali
Professor/Honorary Consultant, Academic & Clinical Lead, Department of Periodontology, King’s College London, UK
“Modern concepts in periodontal-endodontic interactions and peri-implant therapy”
2021
1 meeting
Professor Justin Durham
Professor of Orofacial Pain, Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon, Head of the School of Dental Sciences – Newcastle University, UK
“Persistent orofacial pain (POFP): pathophysiology, presentations and management plans”
2020
1 meeting
Dr. Yoshitsugu Terauchi
Endodontist & Lecturer, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
“How to make challenging retreatment cases turn into simple cases”
2019
3 meetings
Professor Ian Needleman
Professor of Restorative Dentistry & Evidence-Based Healthcare, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK
“Periodontal Disease classification, management of the periodontally compromised dentition and Oral Health in Elite Sport”
Dr. Anibal Diogenes
Director of the Endodontic Residency Programme, University of Texas Health Science Centre, San Antonio, USA
“Regenerative Endodontics, mechanisms of dental pain and its management and new frontiers in Endodontic microsurgery.”
Professor Elisabetta Cotti
Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, University of Cagliari, Italy
“Apical Periodontitis and Systemic Health, Ultrasound Imaging”
2018
3 meetings
Dr. Patrick Sequiera-Byron
Cochrane Clinical Advisor for Endodontology, University of Bern, Switzerland
“Evidence Base for Endodontology – the ugly, the bad and the good”
Dr. Roddy McMillan
Consultant in Oral Medicine and Facial Pain at the Eastman Dental Hospital, UCL Hospital
“Facial Pain & Oral Medicine”
Dr. Carlos Aznar Portoles
Endodontist, Netherlands
“Modern Endodontic Microsurgery-The attention to small details”
2017
3 meetings
Professors Avijit Banerjee & David Ricketts
Professors of Cariology & Operative Dentistry, King’s College London & University of Dundee
“Preventing dentistry ‘MI’ way!-non-operative caries management in practice”
Professor Shanon Patel
Consultant Endodontist, Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London
“Primary endodontic treatment and pulp capping areas of CBCT research”
Drs Marga Ree and Michiel de Cleen
Endodontists, Netherlands
2016
3 meetings
Professor Paul Cooper, Dr. Phillip Tomson and Dr. Stephane Simon
University of Birmingham & University of Paris Diderot
“The Dental Pulp-is it the root filling of the future?”
Professor Matthias Zehnder
Professor and Head of Division of Endodontology, University of Zurich
“Endodontic Hot Topics: Diagnostics; Resorption and internal bleaching; Chemical root canal treatment; Endodontic-periodontal lesions”
Professor Nestor Cohenca
President IADT; Professor, University of Washington School of Dentistry
“Diagnosis and case selection in Endodontics. CBCT and Traumatic Injuries.”
2015
3 meetings
Professor Bun San Chong
Professor of Restorative Dentistry, University of London
“Endodontics – Sagacity, Serendipity, Schadenfreude”
Professor Paul A Rosenberg
Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics, New York University, USA
“Endodontic Pain: Are Some Patients Predisposed To Experiencing Pain?”
Professor Hagay Shemesh
Chair of the Division of Endodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam
“Controversies in Endodontology”
2014
3 meetings
Professors Tim Watson & Francesco Mannocci
King’s College London
“New Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches – Treatment of Bacterial Infection from Treatment Planning to Restoration”
Dr. Martin Kelleher
Private Restorative Practitioner & Consultant, King’s College London
“Pragmatic Solutions for Perennial Problems”
Professor Jose Siqueira
Professor & Chairman Department of Endodontics
“Advances in endodontic microbiology”
2013
3 meetings
Professor Irene Tracey & Nigel Foot
Oxford Centre for FMRI & Specialist Endodontist, Berkshire
“Imaging Pain and Relief in the Human Brain” & “Endodontic Anaesthesia”
Professor Robert M. Love
University of Otago School of Dentistry
“Endodontics from 45 degrees South: from Epidemiology to Immunology”
Professor Anil Kishen
University of Toronto, Canada
“Combating root canal biofilms and vertical root fracture”
2012
3 meetings
Drs Richard Kahan and Dermot Canavan
“CBCT in Specialist Endodontic Practice” & “New Perspectives on Persistent Orofacial Pain”
Professor Ove Peters
University of the Pacific, San Francisco
“Successful Endodontics: Foundations and new Treatment Avenues”
Professor Monty Duggal
Professor of Paediatric Dentistry, Leeds Dental Institute
2011
3 meetings
Dr. Paula Ng and Professor Kishor Gulabivala
Professor Geoffrey Heithersay
“Biological and pathological challenges encountered in a long and continuing endodontic journey”
Professor Thomas von Arx
University of Bern
2010
3 meetings
Dr. Anders Molander
Professor Kenneth Hargreaves
“An Update on Pain Control and Regenerative Endodontics”
Frances Andreasen and Asgeir Sigurdsson
2009
3 meetings
Professor Jeffrey Okeson
Dr David Spratt & Professor Paul Dummer
Kevin Lewis / Professor Tara Renton
“Dento-Legal issues in Endodontics” & “Iatrogenic neuropathy of the Trigeminal Nerve”
2008
3 meetings
Professor Paul Abbott
“Current controversies in endodontics”
Dr. Domenico Ricucci
Professor Eric Whaites
“Justification, optimisation and limitation in dental radiography”
2007
2 meetings
Professor Shimon Friedman
Professor Elio Berutti
2006
3 meetings
Dr. John Whitworth
“A view from a provincial teaching hospital”
Professors Syngcuk Kim, Ian Needleman & Richard Palmer
Dr. David Figdor
2005
3 meetings
David Brown
“Personal opinion on a variety of clinical problems”
Professor Pierre Machtou
“Controversies in endodontics”
Dr. Martin Trope
2004
3 meetings
Professor Paul Lambrechts
“Micro-computer tomography, complexity of external root resorption and the cracked tooth syndrome”
Alan H. Gluskin
“Endodontic Mishaps and Clinical Calamities”
Markus Haapasalo
“Dental Resoption, Disinfection of Root Canal Systems”
2003
3 meetings
Professor Kishor Gulabivala
“The nature of evidence for endodontics and concepts for practice”
Professor Paul Wesselink
“The biological and clinical implications of technical innovations”
Professor Dag Orstavik
“The infected root canal system”
2002
2 meetings
Arnaldo Castellucci
“Clinical work on non-surgical retreatment”
Professor Jens Andreason
“The implications of current research on the management of trauma and its sequelae”
2001
5 meetings
Paul Dummer
“Quality and Standards in Endodontics”
Mike Seare, Alan Holland & Nigel Foot
“The use of digital imaging in endodontics”, “Alternative approaches in endodontic treatments”, “Anaesthetic techniques”
Ramachandran Nair
“Views on current theories in the development of periradicular pathology”
Claes Reit
“Perspective on pretreatment and decision making”
2000
3 meetings
Professor Tom Pitt Ford
“Research and personal perspective on pulpal and periapical disease”
Dermot Canavan
“Approach to pain diagnosis and management”
Peter Velvart
1999
3 meetings
Betrand Khayat
“Perio-endo lesions, Balanced Force and the operating microscope”
James Guttman
“Hard tissue healing”
Professor Kishor Gulabivala
“New clinical and biological insights in endodontics”
1998
1 meeting
Jack Harrison
“Surgical wound healing and modern concepts in surgical endodontics”