The Orthodontic Department at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds are celebrating national recognition of their clinical research endeavours with an award at the recent 2006 British Orthodontic Conference (BOC) in Edinburgh.

David Morris and Nichola Price with their 1st Prize certifi cate from the recent 2006 British Orthodontic Conference

Consultant Orthodontist and Trainer David Morris, and Nichola Price, ex-Senior Registrar in Orthodontics, were awarded first prize (sponsored by Hawley Russell) for their clinical poster presentation last month.

The poster was based on their completed randomised controlled clinical trial that compared the efficacy of bonding orthodontic brackets with either composite resin or a newly marketed reinforced glass ionomer cement. This original research project has been carried out at Seacroft Hospital over the past three years.

The winning poster was chosen by a panel of judges from a total of over 50 posters presented during the Conference. This latest success follows on from the third place BOC poster prize won by the Seacroft Orthodontic Department back in 2004 along with more recent national awards gained in the last two consecutive years for the quality of treated cases presented by Seacroft-trained specialist registrars.

This is the second time that David Morris has been awarded the main poster prize at the British Orthodontic Conference, having won it for the first time in 1997. Both winners have donated their poster prize money to the Tuberous Sclerosis Association (www.tuberous-sclerosis.org).