Avijit Banerjee

Professor Avijit Banerjee FCGDent holds a Chair in Cariology and Operative Dentistry, and is a clinical Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London (KCL) and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals Foundation Trust. 

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and raised in Bolton, UK, after graduating in 1993 from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals (UMDS, now part of KCL), he became a clinical House Officer in oral surgery and orthodontics at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, and then subsequently a Senior House Officer in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Mount Vernon, Hillingdon and Watford General Hospitals.

With over thirty years’ experience as a clinician, researcher, teacher and examiner, he has worked at KCL since returning to the then-UMDS as a Clinical Training Fellow in 1995, becoming a Clinical Lecturer in 1998, Senior Clinical Lecturer in 2005, and Reader, then Professor, in 2011. He holds an MSc in Mineralised Tissue Biology and a PhD in Cariology from University College London, and in 2022 received the International Association of Dental Research’s William H Bowen Distinguished Scientist Award for Research in Dental Caries. In 2024, he was awarded the British Dental Association’s esteemed John Tomes Medal in recognition of his scientific and clinical academic eminence and outstanding service to the dental profession. 

He currently holds three international honorary chairs, is a Trustee of both the Oral & Dental Research Trust and the Oral Health Foundation, and is Editor-in-Chief of the British Dental Journal (BDJ) Portfolio. He is author of over 200 published peer-reviewed papers covering cariology, minimally invasive operative dentistry, microscopy, dental biomaterials science and dental education research / clinical trials / clinical implementation, and author or editor of seven books (and a number of book chapters). His most recent book, A Clinical Guide to Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry (Elsevier), is an undergraduate and postgraduate textbook on delivering primary oral and dental healthcare for all team members.

A Fellow of CGDent, he has previously served on the editorial board of the Primary Dental Journal , as Chair of the College’s Career Pathways Programme Board, as a reviewer of Standards in Dentistry and as a subject matter expert for the Diploma in Restorative Dentistry of the former Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP). He has also gained Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, of the Higher Education Academy, of the International College of Dentists and of the former FGDP.

He is Deputy Lead of the NIHR Clinical Research Delivery Network Oral & Dental Specialty, a Council Member of the European Federation of Conservative Dentistry, and a member of the BDA Health & Science Committee and BDA Indemnity Advisory Panel. He has previously served as a Council Member of the British Society of Restorative Dentistry and is currently serving as President of the British Society of Oral and Dental Research (2025-2027).

He is an Honorary Consultant Advisor to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer for England, where he inputs into national policy for NHS oral and dental healthcare delivery. He is Visiting Professor at CEU Cardinal Herrera University in Valencia, and Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University in Bhubaneswar and at Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals in Chennai. He was previously a Visiting Professor at Oman Dental College, and an Honorary Professor at Hong Kong University.

In 2024 he was appointed Chair of the College’s Faculty of Dentists, becoming Dean in 2026.

Updated 2026