Professor Nigel Pitts, Director of the Dental Health Services and Research Unit, and Dr Nicola Innes, clinical lecturer in paediatric dentistry, both of the University of Dundee, were recognised at the International Association for Dental Research Awards in California.

Professor Pitts won the IADR Distinguished Scientist Research in Dental Caries Award. Dr Innes received the IADR/Unilever Hatton Competition Senior Clinical Research Prize for her paper: Sealing caries in primary molars: Hall Technique RCT 5-year results.