Dr Neha Patel

Dr Neha Patel

Consultant & Senior Clinical Lecturer in Endodontics 

BDS  (Bristol) MFDS RCS(Edinburgh), FHEA, MClinDent (Endo), MEndo (Distinction), PhD

GDC Reg  150517

Accreditations : Royal college of Surgeons (Edinburgh), British Endodontic Society, European Society of Endodontics, American Association of Endodontists

Dr Neha Patel is a GDC-registered Specialist in Endodontics and Consultant at Guy’s Hospital, where she also serves as a Senior Clinical Lecturer. She qualified from the University of Bristol in 2008 and completed further training in oral surgery and restorative dentistry at Liverpool Dental Hospital. She holds Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (RCS Edinburgh) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Neha completed her specialist training in Endodontics at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and was awarded her PhD in 2025, focusing on vital pulp therapy and racial bias in dentistry. She is the Programme Director for the MSc in Endodontics at King’s College London and teaches across multiple postgraduate programmes.

She has published in leading journals including the Journal of Dental Research and International Endodontic Journal, and contributes to textbooks and CPD education.

In practice, Neha provides private endodontic care including complex root canal and surgical treatments, combining clinical excellence with a patient-centred approach.

Aims of the sessison:

•  Understand how endodontic treatment decisions can differ despite similar diagnoses, evidence, and clinical presentations
•  Recognise non-biological factors, including clinician judgement, access, cost, and implicit bias, that influence treatment planning and outcomes in endodontic care
•  Understand evidence demonstrating disparities in endodontic outcomes that cannot be explained by disease severity, anatomy, or technical quality alone
• Be able to recognise how increased awareness of these influences may inform more deliberate and reflective clinical decision-making in everyday practice