Dental skills competition

After being shortlisted by winning first place at the King’s Heat which took place at the Dental Institute on the evening of 13 November 2013.

Elizabeth made it through to the final of this nationwide dental clinical skills competition after competing against 22 of her fellow dental students from the Dental Institute by demonstrating her clinical skills in undertaking a metal ceramic crown preparation on an upper canine tooth. Zamena Janmohamed was placed runner up and Sheila Nguyen came third.

Organised by RCSEd and sponsored by DENTSPLY, this dental clinical skills competition is the first of its kind in the UK and is running in 14 of the UK’s dental schools this autumn/winter 2013. At each of the heats, final year dental students are given the opportunity to showcase their clinical skills against their peers, with the top student from each heat shortlisted to win a travel and accommodation package to compete in the Grand Final of the competition which will take place at RCSEd on March 6  2014.