Ahmed Hieawy

BDS, DMD, PhD, MSc (Cons), MSc/Dip Endo, FRCDC

Investigator and Staff Endodontist, BC Children's Hospital
Director of Undergraduate Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia

Accidental or sports-related injuries can damage the teeth and its related structure and may end up with losing a tooth totally or having one knocked out completely which will lead to more serious complications. The type, location, and severity of each injury may affect the course of treatment. Teeth has to be examined right away by a specially trained dentist. Adjacent teeth may occasionally sustain an additional, undetected harm that can only be found by a comprehensive examination.

The findings of our outcomes research, which take into account clinical, economic, and quality of treatment and post-treatment follow up outcomes, can help health care decision-makers choose the most suitable procedure or treatment, as well as how to enhance existing dental/medical interventions and treatments.

Academic Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Division of Endodontics, Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Evidence to Innovation
  • Research Group(s): Clinical Practice, Outcomes and Innovation

Contact Information

Location

University of British Columbia, Room 310, 2199 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z3

A Multi-National Questionnaire-Based Analysis of Dental Students Knowledge of the Management of Deep Caries and the Exposed Pulp

International Dental Journal

Venkateshbabu Nagendrababu and Arindam Dutta and Ana Arias and Aleksandar Jakovljevic and Ahmed Hieawy and Frank C. Setzer and Jugoslav Ilic and Milos Beloica and Meric Karapinar Kazandag and Nandini Suresh and Paul V. Abbott and Raghavendra M. Shetty and Srinivasan Narasimhan and Victoria SH Yu and Vellore Kannan Gopinath and Ya Shen and Henry F. Duncan

DOI: 10.1016/j.identj.2025.100844

08 / 2025

Undergraduate endodontic curricula across Canadian Dental Schools: A cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Dental Education

Goyal, D. and Alghahtani, F. and Santos, J.N. and Graziotin, R. and Hieawy, A.

DOI: 10.1002/jdd.13714

Autotransplantation Using Rapid Prototyping in Patient undergoing Intravenous Bisphosphonate Therapy: Case Report

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

Kaileigh Chow and Suraj Chavda and Ahmed Hieawy and Jonathan Ng and David Yang

DOI: 10.1007/s12663-024-02350-x

10 / 2024

Endodontic Treatment of Two Calcified Mandibular Central Incisors: A Case Report

Cureus

01 / 2024

Design and evaluation of an MMP-9-responsive hydrogel for vital pulp therapy

Journal of Dentistry

Liu, H. and Yu, J. and Hieawy, A. and Hu, Z. and Tay, F.R. and Shen, Y.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.105020

Gingival phenotype determination: Cutoff values, relationship between gingival and alveolar crest bone thickness at different landmarks

Journal of Dental Sciences

Haiyan Zhao and Lei Zhang and Heng Li and Ahmed Hieawy and Ya Shen and He Liu

DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2023.03.003

10 / 2023

Advances in nanomaterials for the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancers: A review

Bioactive Materials

Yu, C. and Li, L. and Wang, S. and Xu, Y. and Wang, L. and Huang, Y. and Hieawy, A. and Liu, H. and Ma, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.08.010

Evaluation of extracellular polymeric substances matrix volume, surface roughness and bacterial adhesion property of oral biofilm

Journal of Dental Sciences

Li, H. and Liu, H. and Zhang, L. and Hieawy, A. and Shen, Y.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2022.12.022

Antimicrobial effects of agitational irrigation on single- and multispecies biofilms in dentin canals

Odontology

DOI: 10.1007/S10266-022-00719-3

A novel model to evaluate the fatigue resistance of NiTi instruments: Rotational and axial movement at body temperature

Australian Endodontic Journal

DOI: 10.1111/AEJ.12733

Regenerative Endodontics: An Alternative Approach to Manage Infected Immature Teeth

THE JOURNAL OF T H E ONTARIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION

Trifonov, V., Hieawy, A. (2022). Regenerative Endodontics: An Alternative Approach to Manage Infected Immature Teeth. Ontario Dentist Journal, October, 22-29.

10 / 2022

Efficacy of XP-endo instruments in removing 54 month-aged root canal filling material from mandibular molars

Journal of Dentistry

DOI: 10.1016/J.JDENT.2021.103734

Effect of canal curvature location on the cyclic fatigue resistance of reciprocating files

Clinical Oral Investigations

DOI: 10.1007/S00784-020-03348-8

Acute Vision Loss as an Ophthalmic Complication of Dental Procedures

Seminars in Ophthalmology

DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2021.1890788

Micro-computed Tomographic Evaluation of the Quality of Root Canal Fillings in Mandibular Molars after Obturation for 54 Months

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2021.08.015

Effect of Curvature Location on Fatigue Resistance of Five Nickel-titanium Files Determined at Body Temperature

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2020.06.041

Fatigue resistance of ProTaper gold exposed to high-concentration sodium hypochlorite in double curvature artificial canal

Bioactive Materials

DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOACTMAT.2019.07.003

Effect of Torsional and Fatigue Preloading on HyFlex EDM Files

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2017.12.002

Fatigue Resistance of a 3-dimensional Conforming Nickel-Titanium Rotary Instrument in Double Curvatures

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2016.02.012

WaveOne Rotary Instruments after Clinical Use

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2015.10.008

Physical properties and hydration behavior of a fast-setting bioceramic endodontic material

BMC Oral Health

DOI: 10.1186/S12903-016-0184-1

Phase Transformation Behavior and Resistance to Bending and Cyclic Fatigue of ProTaper Gold and ProTaper Universal Instruments

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2015.02.030

Cyclic Fatigue of ProFile Vortex and Vortex Blue Nickel-Titanium Files in Single and Double Curvatures

Journal of Endodontics

DOI: 10.1016/J.JOEN.2015.06.012

Luxation dental injuries: Review of treatment guidelines and endodontic considerations

Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine

Hieawy, A.T. and Taher, D.K.

Current Projects

The outcome and prognostic factors affecting the success of traumatic injuries of permanent teeth

Complicated crown fracture in permanent dentition: Treatment outcome

Post traumatic root resorption: Prognostic prospective

Contemporary assessment and modulation of pulpal healing following dental trauma

Honours & Awards

3M National Teaching Fellowship Award 2025

ACFD National Dental Teaching Award 2024

2023 Recipient of the UBC Killam Teaching Prize in recognition of excellence in teaching

Undergraduate Endodontic Teaching Award: 2020, 2021, S 2022, W 2022, 2023S

Graduate Endodontic Teaching Awards: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

American Association of Endodontists Award: 2013, UBC/Canada

International Award in Dentistry: 2013, UBC/Canada

Our Research

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