BDA CDS Group 2015 Brighton Conference Poster Competition

Service Improvement Category

1st prize: Natalie Ackuaka and Emma Nguyen, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

2nd prize: Andrew Mulford, Melanie Menzies and Seonaid MacLean, NHS Lothian

3rd prize: Sarah-Jane McGuckian and Sheriden McDonald, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Trainee Category

1st prize: Katherine McDermott, City Health Care Partnership CIC, Leeds

2nd prize: Ria Prasad, Kent Community NHS Trust

3rd prize: Emma Gill, Swarngit Shanid and Debra Clavin, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

To register to receive details of the 2016 competition, louise.foster@glos-care.nhs.uk.

New Dental Director

Dental Protection has appointed Raj Rattan MBE as the new Dental Director, to succeed Kevin Lewis who steps down this summer. Mr Rattan has over 30 years' experience in dental practice and has been associated with Dental Protection for over 20 years, first as a dento-legal adviser and more recently as a senior dento-legal consultant.

Prestige Dental Prize

Dentist Alexandra Henderson of Croydon Dental Care is the recipient of the annual Prestige Dental Prize, having been deemed the best performing student on the postgraduate certificate element of the MSc in Restorative Dental Practice, at UCL Eastman Dental Institute. Alexandra received a Denar Mark 2 articulator from sponsor Prestige Dental.

Golden Medallion Award

The American Prosthodontic Society has selected King's College London Dental Institute Emeritus Professor, Dr Harold Preiskel, as its 2016 Golden Medallion Awardee. The Golden Medallion Award is issued periodically to individuals whose contributions to prosthodontics have been exceptional.