This year's 30th BDA/Dentsply Student Clinician Award went to Elizabeth Paice, a final year dental student at Bristol Dental School. She was presented with her award at anniversary dinner held at the Savoy Hotel in London recently.

The BDA/Dentsply Student Clinician Awards programme supports international undergraduate study and focuses on original research, highlighting the continuous bond that exists between the profession and the dental industry.

Over the past year, Elizabeth Paice has undertaken a research project in the Clinical Trials Unit under the supervision of Susan Hooper, Consultant/Senior Lecturer in the Division of Restorative Dentistry. Her winning presentation, The Erosive Effects of Saliva on Enamel and Dentine following Chewing Gum: an Ex-Vivo study, won her an all expenses paid trip to the American Dental Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco in September. She commented, 'The opportunity to be so fully involved with research during my undergraduate studies has been a real eye-opener to wider career opportunities and emphasised the relevance of research to dental practice.'