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Dental award winners 2011
8th Dec 2011
This year's Premier Symposium, the 11th such event organised by Dental Protection and Schülke, was the setting for the announcement of the winners of the Premier Awards 2011.
This annual risk management competition has a total prize fund of £6,000 and accepts entries from projects which recognise the importance of patient safety.
This year's competition received the largest number of entrants in its history. Congratulations go to this year's winners:
Undergraduate prize
1st prize Luke Blythe and Andrew Wilson, Bristol Dental School 'The potential hazards of respirable particles in dentistry'
2nd prize Chee Keong Yeap, Western Australia Dental School “Considerations and management of a pregnant adolescent presenting with an abscessed molar tooth”
Postgraduate prize
1st prize Anchal Puri (Glasgow 2009) and Gillian Smith (Newcastle 2009) 'Medicines reconcilation on admission to the oral and maxillofacial surgery ward'
2nd prize Lauren Hardwick, Sheffield, 2009 'Audit on doctors' assessment of mental capacity'
DCP prize
1st prize Jack Colclough, Dental Hygienist 'A study into the personal protective equipment used by dentists in general dental practice'
2nd prize Francesca Mignone, Dental Hygienist, Australia “Minimising risk and maintaining societal trust in the dental profession”
All the entries this year were of a very high calibre and Andrew Collier, Senior Dento-legal Consultant, who presented the awards took time to encourage dentists and DCPs from all regions of the UK to participate again next year.
Kevin Lewis, dental director of Dental Protection, said: 'The entries for this year's Awards have once again exceeded our expectations, with so many different projects being submitted by a wide variety of dental professionals from throughout the world.
'The Awards focus on raising the awareness and management of risks within the practice, and we are delighted that so many of this year's entries were so relevant to many of the hot topics in dentistry.'
The Awards were presented during the annual Premier Symposium, a risk management event created for all members of the team.
This year saw more than 300 dental professionals attend the day. The organisers also wish to thank Denplan, Henry Schein Minerva, Smile-on, The Dentist and Wesleyan for their sponsorship of the symposium that helped to make the day possible.
If you would like to receive details of next year's Awards you can register your interest by emailing nicola.photiou@mps.org.uk.
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