The winners of the inaugural CGDent and GC Award for foundation dentists have been revealed.
The College of General Dentistry, GC and The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation have congratulated the cohort, who were selected from entries submitted by foundation dentists/vocational trainees from across the UK.
Each one submitted an aesthetic case, which they treated during their foundation/vocational training year. They all included at least one anterior tooth and composite restoration.
The winners are:
- Masuma Chowdhury
- Tendai Manangazira
- Juan Salmerón Ramírez
- Nathaniel-Edouard Davidson
- Asad Masood
- Golasa Sheikh Akbari
- Milton Justinsuthakaran
- Cónal McKee
- Sonia Sin
- Nafeesa Khan
- Joseph Mulhall
- Arav Soin
- Chloe Leung
- Jay Patel
- Jarmima Uddin.
Cases included the use of composite to treat midline diastema, the aesthetic and functional treatment of toothwear, restoration following dental trauma and aesthetic build-up of peg shaped laterals, as well as more simple multiple composite restorations. You can view the winning cases here.
Winner Jarmima Uddin also takes home BACD prize
As well as taking home the CGDent and GC Award, Jarmima Uddin also won the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) Foundation Dentist Case Presentation Awards 2024.
The BACD congratulated Jarmima on winning overall. To mark her win, she was awarded a complimentary place at the November 2024 BACD Annual Conference and a year’s BACD membership.
Following her win, Jarmima praised the GC course she attended, saying: ‘I just wanted to say thank you for the opportunity to attend the GC course in Belgium. The composites I place now look so much better.’
High level of skill
The panel of judges comprised of the trustees of The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation. They marked each case based on a set of assessment criteria, which focused on overall improvement in the patient’s oral health (including periodontal health), the standard of aesthetic dentistry carried out and the quality of the entrant’s reflection on the case.
The prize for the winners is a fully funded place on a composite layering course, which is taking place on 11 to 12 July at GC’s European Education Campus in Leuven, Belgium.
Dr Tom Bereznicki is the founder of The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation. He said: ‘We were delighted with the number of entries, which all demonstrated a high level of dentistry skills and patient care.
‘I would like to thank all entrants for submitting their work and offer my congratulations to the winners.’
John Maloney is GC’s director and country manager for the UK, Ireland and South Africa. He said: ‘It has been truly rewarding to see the admirable level of aesthetic dentistry skills demonstrated by newly qualified dentists.
‘We look forward to continuing our work with the College and The Tom Bereznicki Charitable Educational Foundation to provide high quality, clinical training for early career professionals.
‘Congratulations to all the winners, we can’t wait to see them at our Education Campus in Belgium.’
To register your interest in the 2024/25 award and receive notifications as soon as the competition opens in September, visit the award page.
