The ‘Tom Bereznicki Award for Advanced Aesthetic Dentistry’ recognises aesthetic dentistry skills and patient care. It is open to dentists who qualified in the UK, Ireland or overseas between 2019 to 2023 and have been practising in the UK for at least the past two years.
Thirty-six successful candidates will receive a fully funded place on a bespoke two-day digital dentistry course at the Dentsply Sirona Academy in Weybridge, Surrey.
The digital dentistry course has been designed by Tom Bereznicki and Chris Leech. Created solely for the award, the course is aimed at dentists with limited or no experience of working with a digital workflow. The course is only open to winners of the award and is not available commercially.
Delivered predominantly through short demonstrations and comprehensive hands-on sessions, participants on the course will be guided step-by-step through the complete process of creating a digitally produced crown. Theory modules, such as material science, will be provided through pre-course and post-course videos.
To enter, candidates must submit pre-op photographs of an aesthetic case they are about to start treating and upload a final case report when treatment is complete. The case must involve more than one tooth, including at least one anterior tooth, and the use of composite to restore teeth. It must mainly follow an analogue workflow.
The inaugural award is open and the deadline to enter the competition with pre-op photographs is January 17, 2025. Entrants have until May 16, 2025, to complete the treatment and submit their final case. The number of entries has been capped at 150, and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
The successful candidates will be announced in June 2025.