Eliyas, S.
Briggs, P. F. A.
Gallagher, J. E.
Article History
Accepted: 14 May 2018
First Online: 12 October 2018
Competing interests
: S. Eliyas taught on the DES course described above. P. Briggs was the educational lead for the London DES in Endodontics Programme, taught on the DES course and was responsible for patient triage for three of the DES participants. J. E. Gallagher was part of the Senior Dental Leadership Team in the Department of Health and a Dental Public Health representative in the working group for setting up DES in endodontics and reports grants from London Deanery (now Health Education England) during the conduct of the study. The other authors have stated explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article.