Winners of the 2015 ANZSPD Louise Brearley Messer Undergraduate and Postgraduate Essay Competition

It gives me very great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2015 ANZSPD Louise Brearley Messer Undergraduate and Postgraduate Essay Competition.

This essay competition has been named in recognition of the great contribution made by Professor Louise Brearley Messer AM in Teaching, Research and Administration in Paediatric Dentistry. The judges commented on the difficulty in choosing the winners due to the high standard of the entries received. I would like to thank all students who participated in the competition, their supervisors and especially the judges.

The results are as follows: 

Postgraduate Essay: 

Dr Chaturi Neboda

University of WA Postgraduate Student (Paediatric Dentistry)

"Discuss tooth coloured crowns in the primary dentition: Developments, improvements and limitations".

Supervisors:  Professor Nigel King and Associate Professor Robert Anthonappa

Undergraduate Essay: 

Ms Lisa Otway

University of WA Undergraduate Student

"Deep dental caries – to leave or to remove. New perspective on an old theme."

Supervisors:  Professor Nigel King and Associate Professor Robert Anthonappa

The winning essays will be published in future editions of Synopses.

Dr Carmel Lloyd

Federal Secretary ANZSPD (Inc)