A/Prof Phillippe Zimet is in private specialist endodontic practice in Dandenong, Victoria. Specialist qualifications include a Master of Science in Oral Biology obtained from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1984. Current teaching positions include the Associate Professor in Endodontics at the La Trobe University School of Dentistry and Oral Health as well as Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. Phillippe is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, The Academy of Dentistry International and The International College of Dentists. He has published, and lectured nationally and internationally in many aspects of endodontics and infection control. He is a Past President of the Asian Pacific Endodontic Confederation. Phillippe has been awarded the ADA (VB) Inc Dentistry Achievement Award for services to the Dental Profession