Dentistry Live: back to your roots!
Dentistry Live: back to your roots!
Join Dr Shakil Umerji on Thursday 22 May at 7pm for our upcoming Dentistry Live session where he will be treating an endodontic case live!
Did you know that over a million root canal treatments are successfully carried out in the UK each year? That’s a huge number of people saved from pain, infection and tooth loss. Among the clinicians making this possible is the highly skilled Dr. Shakil Umerji, who has helped preserve countless smiles through his precision, expertise, and dedication to patient care.
In this one-hour live demonstration, Dr Umerji will share practical, real-time clinical strategies, focusing on shaping, irrigation, and obturation - using a simplified, contemporary protocol with EdgeEndo X7 files - perfect for clinicians looking to sharpen their skills and enhance daily practice with predictable, efficient techniques.
This course aims to provide endodontic practitioners with a clear, simplified approach to endodontic treatment. By focusing on practical, real-world application, it seeks to enhance clinical efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and boost confidence through the adoption of modern endodontic protocols.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Dentistry Live session, you will be able to:
- Understand and apply a simplified protocol for endodontic treatment using EdgeEndo X7 files and hydraulic condensation using a calcium silicate cement based sealer
- Gain a clear understanding of shaping, irrigation, and obturation steps in routine cases
- Improve treatment outcomes with a more efficient, streamlined clinical approach
- Strengthen patient trust through predictable and effective endodontic care.
Speaker: Dr Shakil Umerji
BDS, DDSc (Endodontology), MFDS RCS(Ed), MEndo RCS(Ed).
Specialist in endodontics.
Shakil graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2015 with a Bachelor Degree in Dental Surgery and passed his MFDS examinations to become a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2017. He has always had a passion for endodontics and has recently completed a full-time specialist training programme (DDSc Endodontics) at the University of Liverpool. His doctoral research project focused on the assessment of endodontic case complexity and its application in teaching and clinical practice. Shakil successfully completed his specialty membership examination (MEndo) at the RCS Edinburgh in 2021.
Shakil has experience in both general practice and hospital dentistry environments. He initially continued his postgraduate training as a DCT/SHO in multiple specialties, particularly Restorative Dentistry and Max-facs. He was then appointed as an Academic Clinical Fellow/StR in Endodontics at the Liverpool University Dental Hospital in 2018. Shakil is currently working a specialist endodontist in referral practice in the north west , as well as teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees in his role as a clinical lecturer in restorative dentistry at the University of Liverpool.
Education has always been a passion for Shakil. As well as his role in academia, he has taught on various private and NHS deanery courses aimed at general dental practitioners and foundation dentists. Shakil is also the founder of Dental Careers Guide, a non-profit company providing guidance and CPD to dentists, whilst fundraising for dental aid charities.
