BOS Honorary Patron

Alison Newlyn will be Honorary Patron of the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) in 2017, the successor to David Tidy. Dr Newlyn is a Clinical Lead for Dentistry at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and a specialist in orthodontic practice in Surrey.

BACD President

Dr Andrew Chandrapal has been appointed President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD). He was inaugurated at the Academy's Annual Conference in November.

BDA Honours and Awards 2016

The following individuals will be presented with their honour at a special event at the British Dental Conference and Exhibition in Manchester in May.

Honorary Membership

BDJ Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hancocks OBE and Mahesh Verma receive Honorary Membership. Professor Verma is Director-Principal at the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India and is being honoured for his staunch support of the BDA and for his outstanding work both nationally and internationally.

Fellowship

Colwyn Jones is awarded Fellowship. Colwyn is a Consultant in Dental Public Health/Honorary Senior Lecturer for NHS Health Scotland and is also the East Branch Representative on the BDA's Scottish Dental Practice Committee.

Distinguished Membership

Distinguished membership is conferred upon Peter Bateman, former Chair of the BDA's Salaried Dentists Committee, Philip Henderson, BDA Principal Executive Committee member for Northern Ireland and former Chair of the Northern Ireland Branch, and Brett Sinson, BDA General Dental Practice Committee member.

Life Membership

Life Membership has been conferred upon Professor Alex Milosevic, Professor Ario Santini and Stephanie Twidale.

John Tomes Medal

The John Tomes Medal has been awarded to Professor Jimmy Steele CBE and Professor Damien Walmsley.

Jimmy is Emeritus Professor and Head of School and Professor of Oral Health Services Research at the University of Newcastle, and has made an immense contribution to the profession, through his work on dental contract reform, as well as in his daily working life. Professor Steele was honoured with his award at the BDA/BDJ Winter Lecture on 19 October 2016.

Damien has given outstanding service to the BDA as Scientific Advisor for many years, responding to challenges and issues raised in dentistry, often by the media.

Roll of distinction

Admission to the Roll of Distinction is awarded to Brian Schottlander and Andy Williams, and honours outstanding service to UK dentistry.

Certificate of Merit

The Certificate of Merit for Services to the Dental Profession is awarded to Nazli Imtiaz, Specialty Doctor in Paediatric Dentistry at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and an out-of-hours dentist at Whittington Health.

Young Dentist Endodontic Award

Satnam Singh Virdee (left) and David Bretton, Young Dentist Endodontic Award winners

First prize for the Young Dentist Endodontic Award 2016 went to Satnam Singh Virdee, now a restorative dentistry DCT at Cardiff Dental Hospital, for a patient he treated while a DCT at Leeds Dental Institute. Second prize went to David Bretton, an associate in general practice; and third place to Jasneet Gulati who is now working in Singapore and could not attend a prize-giving event held at the Harley Street Centre for Endodontics in November.

2016 Sheffield Poster Competition, BDA CDS Group

Seventeen posters were submitted: eight in the Service Improvement Category and seven in the Trainee Category.

Service Improvement Category

Joint first prize: Suneeta Prasad and Zoe Marshman – and A. Kopyta, L. Wheatley, J. Burns and E. O'Keefe.

Trainee Category

First prize: Jodie Bustin, Heidi Nuttall and Christine Utting.

Second prize: Laura Johnston and Kara Scally.

Third prize: Shazia Kaka, Sarah Buckingham. and Mark Taylor.