Honours and awards

Life membership of the Association, which recognises long and valuable service to the Association, is being conferred on two individuals Sarah May and Marcus Woof.

Now retired former general dental practitioner Sarah May is a passionate advocate for children’s oral health and was involved in designing the Leicester Child Oral Health Improvement Programme. Throughout her career May has been an active member of the BDA, holding a variety of positions at a local level including chairman and president. She also served on the BDA’s national general dental practice committee for nine years.

With many years’ experience working at a senior level in the community dental service in the West Midlands Marcus Woof has been a member of the BDA since 1981. He has held positions at branch and section level as well as on the BDA’s national community dental services group. Marcus played a key role in gaining recognition for the speciality of Special Care Dentistry. He also worked to gain recognition for community dentistry within the Royal College of Surgeons and was involved in developing their diploma in the subject.