Professor Francesco Mannocci

Let us think about endodontics differently: Why does root canal treatment fail? The dentist, the body and the endpoint’

The outcome of root canal treatments is influenced by several technical factors, such as the length of the obturation, the presence of voids, and root canal perforations, to name a few. However, new factors are emerging that may also impact the success rate, including the quality of infection control and systemic conditions such as diabetes and autoimmune diseases. In this lecture, it will be demonstrated how the interplay of all these factors might open the way to new approaches for the prevention and treatment of apical periodontitis.

Biography

Prof. Francesco Mannocci (MD, DDS, PhD, FHEA) is a specialist in Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry. He obtained his MD (Pisa, Italy, 1986) and DDS (Pisa, 1990) in Italy, and his PhD in Clinical Dentistry from King's College London in 2001. After working in private practice in Pisa for 18 years while collaborating with the University of Siena as a Visiting Professor, he moved to King’s College London in 2004 and became Professor of Endodontology at King’s College London in 2011.

He has authored more than 170 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He is Associate Editor of the International Endodontic Journal , Past President of the British Endodontic Society and was awarded the Louis I. Grossman International Award 2022  by the French Endodontics Society

Prof. Mannocci’s research covers subjects including the restoration of endodontically treated teeth, instrumentation techniques, dental anatomy, histology, endodontic radiology, and endodontic microbiology. He also maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics in Central London.