GDC Registered Specialist in Restorative Dentistry, Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Periodontics

Aws Alani is the Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry and Programme Director for the PG Dip in Operative Dentistry.

Aws qualified from King's College London (KCL) in 2003. He completed vocational training in Essex and held junior hospital positions at Guy's Hospital and King's College Hospital, before completing an MSc in Endodontics at the Eastman. He moved to Morriston Hospital in South Wales to work in the Maxillofacial Unit, he subsequently completed his specialist training in Restorative Dentistry in Newcastle. During his training he lead relief work trips to Romania and Ghana with ‘Young Smiles for Romania’ and ‘Global Brigades’.

In 2013, Aws became a part of the International Team for Implantology Scholar in Toronto, Canada, working at the Hospital for Sick Children and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. He returned to London in 2014 as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at King's College Hospital. His main remit is the management of congenital and acquired defects within an MDT environment, working alongside Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics.

He has published over 50 peer reviewed papers and three textbooks and maintains an active interest in current clinical issues and research. He has won grants from the British Endodontic Society and the Royal College of Surgeons to examine novel tooth filling materials with associated patents. He is a previous British Society of Restorative Dentistry and British Endodontic Society council member and prize winner. He completed a Master’s Degree in Medical Law in 2017 from Cardiff University.

Aws lectures nationally and internationally on a variety of subjects, including dental trauma, tooth surface loss and the MDT management of complex clinical issues.