Endodontic or root canal treatment can become necessary to save a tooth or teeth if the pulp or nerve of the tooth becomes infected or damaged, typically through dental decay, or through injury. The procedure is often quite simple to perform, but under certain circumstances it can be intricate and necessitate specialist skills. Those specialist skills are particularly important if the tooth has had root canal work done previously, has been infected or problematic for some time, or the roots are curved, blocked or tricky to access..
Root canal is not a painful procedure, but sometimes requires the specialist skills referred to to give the tooth the best possible chance of success.
Our endodontic specialist here is Imran Azam
Imran Azam
Specialist Endodontist
BDS (Hons), MClinDent (UCL), MFGDP (UK), RCSEng, MEndoRCSEd
Country of issue: UK
GDC registration number: 83792
Imran graduated with honours from Royal London Hospital in 2004 where he was awarded the University Gold Medal. He completed his specialist training at the Eastman Dental Hospital UCL where he obtained a Masters in Clinical Dentistry in Endodontology with distinction and won the Dentsply Maillefer Endodontic Prize for the highest clinical and academic achievement. Subsequently he was awarded the Membership in Endodontics with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is currently registered as a Specialist in Endodontics with the General Dental Council. Prior to specialist training Imran attended the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, The Dawson Centre and The University of Southern California. His rich clinical experience prior to specialisation enables him to understand the challenges faced by general practitioners. Imran is committed to postgraduate education, he is a part-time Clinical Teaching Fellow and an Examiner at the Eastman Dental Institute and is also involved in training new dental graduates. He runs hand-on courses for general practitioners and is regularly invited to give lectures on current trends in endodontics. His clinical work has been published in the latest 4th edition of Endodontics.