Avijit is Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences (FoDOCS), King’s College London, UK / Hon. Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospitals Foundation Trust, London, UK.  In 2022, he was awarded the prestigious William H Bowen Caries Research Distinguished Scientist Award from IADR in recognition of his global research impact in cariology & minimally invasive operative dentistry. He authors 5 internationally acclaimed textbooks (including “Pickard’s Guide” and now its successor, “A Clinical Guide to Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry”, Elsevier 2024), 13 book chapters, >190 peer-reviewed papers in MIOC and MID.