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Michael  Escudier

Professor Michael Escudier

Executive Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences

  • Professor of Oral Medicine & Education

Research interests

  • Craniofacial
  • Dentistry
  • Oral health

Biography

Professor Michael Escudier is the Executive Dean at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences. Previously Deputy Dean for the Faculty, Professor Escudier has also served as Dean for the Royal College of Surgeons London.

 

Professor Michael Escudier is:  

  • Professor of Oral Medicine and Education King’s College London (KCL) 
  • Honorary Consultant Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) 
  • Former Chair of College Assessment and Scrutiny Committee (KCL) 
  • KCL Education Strategy: Co-Chair assessment and feedback theme development group and implementation group 

Other appointments: 

  • Dean, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England 
  • Chair, Joint Committee for Postgraduate Training in Dentistry 
  • President Elect of European Association of Oral Medicine 

Where trained: Professor Escudier completed undergraduate dental and medical training at Guy’s Dental Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital before returning to KCL where he completed oral medicine specialist training in 2002 and was appointed Honorary Consultant to GSTT in 2003. He completed a doctorate on the use of lithotripsy in the management of salivary calculi and leads the multi-disciplinary salivary and orofacial granulomatosis clinics as well as an oro-facial pain clinic. 

Areas of special interest: Clinical: oro-facial granulomatosis, salivary gland disease; Education: assessment 

Research interests: Professor Escudier has published widely on the management of obstructive salivary gland disease, oro-facial granulomatosis as well as other oral mucosal diseases and assessment. 

    Research

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    Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions

    Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

    News

    Celebrating long serving members of the King's community

    King’s Long Service Awards 2024 recognise academic and professional services colleagues who have achieved 25 or 40 years of service.

    Group photo with awardees gathered on Bush House stairs

    Annual Dental Alumni Association weekend takes place in London

    The prestigious event welcomed current and former staff and students to meet and network over a two day programme in March 2023.

    Dental Alumni 2023 800x450

    Online symposium showcases DentAlliance's accomplishments and future

    DentAlliance’s progress as a unique international collaboration of four universities seeking to transform global dental care and education was celebrated...

    Image of earth

    14th Senior Dental Leadership conference held in London

    The annual conference, hosted jointly between King's College London and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, addressed a diverse range of topics including oral...

    Senior Dental Leaders 2022

    REF 2021 results demonstrate impact of FoDOCS research

    Results published today show combined strength of King’s profile for high-quality, impactful research within allied and applied health research, including...

    Dental Pubic Health MSc

    King's wins for Digital innovation at Times Higher Awards

    Last night, King's won the Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year trophy at the seventeenth annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.

    SIMtoCARE2

    RCS Reflections

    FoDOCS Executive Dean, Professor Mike Curtis interviews Professor Michael Escudier.

    Interview image

    FoDOCS Deputy Executive Dean receives RCS Honorary Fellowship

    Professor Michael Escudier has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    Prof Escudier

    Events

    07Mar

    Dental Alumni Weekend 2025

    We are delighted to welcome alumni and staff from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences to the Dental Alumni Weekend 2025. We hope to see...

      Research

      pg23-pg-aq-fodocs-gut-microbiome
      Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions

      Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

      News

      Celebrating long serving members of the King's community

      King’s Long Service Awards 2024 recognise academic and professional services colleagues who have achieved 25 or 40 years of service.

      Group photo with awardees gathered on Bush House stairs

      Annual Dental Alumni Association weekend takes place in London

      The prestigious event welcomed current and former staff and students to meet and network over a two day programme in March 2023.

      Dental Alumni 2023 800x450

      Online symposium showcases DentAlliance's accomplishments and future

      DentAlliance’s progress as a unique international collaboration of four universities seeking to transform global dental care and education was celebrated...

      Image of earth

      14th Senior Dental Leadership conference held in London

      The annual conference, hosted jointly between King's College London and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, addressed a diverse range of topics including oral...

      Senior Dental Leaders 2022

      REF 2021 results demonstrate impact of FoDOCS research

      Results published today show combined strength of King’s profile for high-quality, impactful research within allied and applied health research, including...

      Dental Pubic Health MSc

      King's wins for Digital innovation at Times Higher Awards

      Last night, King's won the Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year trophy at the seventeenth annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.

      SIMtoCARE2

      RCS Reflections

      FoDOCS Executive Dean, Professor Mike Curtis interviews Professor Michael Escudier.

      Interview image

      FoDOCS Deputy Executive Dean receives RCS Honorary Fellowship

      Professor Michael Escudier has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

      Prof Escudier

      Events

      07Mar

      Dental Alumni Weekend 2025

      We are delighted to welcome alumni and staff from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences to the Dental Alumni Weekend 2025. We hope to see...