SP-30 Educator Forum: Reflections from Global Endodontic Education

Dr. Azim is an Associate Professor, Chair of the Endodontic Department, and the Director of the Post-Graduate Program at University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni  School of Dentistry. He maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics and he is also the Founder and CEO of Endolit. Dr. Azim earned his BDS from Cairo University, where he also did his Endodontic training. He later completed his Endodontic certificate at Columbia University, and  since then, he has been a full-time Educator and a Part-Time Private Practitioner. Before Joining the University of the Pacific, he Served as the Division Head and the  Director of the Endodontic Post-Graduate Program at University at Buffalo.  Dr. Azim is the recipient of the 2023 AAE Edward M. Osetek Award for outstanding educators. He is Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and has lectured  all over the world. He has over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several text-book chapters contributions. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory  Board of the Journal of Endodontics, and a reviewer for multiple other Endodontic Journals.

Dr. Bettina Basrani is Associate Professor and Director of the M.Sc. Endodontics Program at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Canada. With over 30 peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters, textbooks and abstracts to her credit, she has been a constant contributor to endodontic science and clinical knowledge. Dr. Basrani’s research focuses on intracanal medication and root canal irrigation, including agents and delivery methods.

Elisabetta Cotti, DDS,MS, received her DDS from the University of Cagliari, Italy , and her Certificate and Master in Endodontics from Loma Linda University, California.

She is professor and Chair of the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, at the University of Cagliari, Italy, and Lecturer at Loma Linda University. She is the Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Clinical and Surgical Endodontics at the University of Cagliari.
She is currently the Dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of Cagliari.
She is lecturer in the Department of Endodontics at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, US
She is author of several publications in the field of endodontics, with particular intrerest in in the pathogenesis, imaging and management of apical periodontitis .
She is member of the Editorial Board of the INTERNATIONAL ENDODONTIC JOURNAL
She is active member of the AAE, CERTIFIED member of ESE (European Society of Endodontology), active member of SIE (Italian Society of Endodontics), active member of AIE (Italian Academy of Endodontics)

Dr. Terauchi is an adjunct professor at Department of Endodontics Faculty of Dentistry Bahçeşehir University İstanbul, Turkey, an adjunct clinical assistant professor of Endodontics at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and a part-time lecturer at Tokyo Medical & Dental University while maintaining a private practice limited to endodontics in Tokyo, Japan since 1998.

He earned his DDS in 1993 and completed his residency at Tokyo Medical & Dental University in 1995, where he also received his PhD from the Department of Endodontics. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals nationally and internationally. He also authored in several chapters in textbooks including the 11th and the 12th edition of “Pathways of the Pulp”, “Endodontics: the 6th edition of Principles and Practice”, and “Retreatments Solution for Periapical Disease of Endodontic Origin”. He has lectured nationally and internationally both onsite and online a number of times a year.