Professor Martin E J Curzon was recently honoured with a DSc honoris causa by the University of Athens, one of the oldest universities and one of only four in dentistry in its history.

The Emeritus Professor in Child Dental Health at Leeds Dental Institute was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of his research and teaching in paediatric dentistry in Europe and the UK.

It was also awarded in recognition of his founding of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry.

Professor Curzon delivered part of his speech at the ceremony in Greek, which he did entirely phonetically.