A lecturer from Cardiff has won the 2008 3MESPE/Oral & Dental Research Trust Dental (ODRT) Biomaterials Award. Ms Leili Sadaghiani, Lecturer/Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry, at the School of Dentistry, Cardiff, won with her entry ‘To bond or to base: the effect of contemporary resin bonding systems and cement bases on pulpal vitality and potential for dentine regeneration’.

Judges said her application stood out for its clarity, careful design and immediate importance to the clinical practice of dentistry.