Standing from left to right are winners Roshan Sothinathan, Rory O'Connor, Vikas Attargkar and Martin Lazenby. Seated from left to right are Annapoorna Pai, Richard Damerau and Mehdi Yazdi

The East of England Junior Papers Day recently took place at the British School of Racing in Newmarket. Sponsored by the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the College was represented Rob Chate, one of the regional consultant orthodontists, in his capacity as the Secretary of the Faculty.

This year's winners were Roshan Sothinathan, a Senior House Officer (SHO) from Ipswich Hospital, for his audit presentation A retrospective audit assessing mandibular fracture management, Rory O'Connor, an SHO from Addenbookes Hospital, for his presentation An audit of mandibular fractures, Vikas Attargekar, a Staff Grade from Peterborough Hospital, for his audit presentation Blood usage in osteotomies, Martin Lazenby, an SHO from Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, for his research paper on Blood-borne viruses: are we taking them seriously, Mehdi Yazdi, an SHO from the Norfolk and Norwich and Norwich University Hospital, for his presentation A case of oral pemphigoid: from head to toe, Annapoorna Pai, a Staff Grade from the Norfolk and Norwich and Norwich University Hospital, for her presentation Diagnostic dilemma of cervical masses and Richard Damerau, also an SHO from the Norfolk and Norwich and Norwich University Hospital, for his poster presentation Facial swelling over the mandible. Is it another abscess?.