This inaugural contest is organised by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh’s (RCSEd) Faculty of Dental Surgery, and sponsored by DENTSPLY.
Students who wish to participate will be invited to apply through the RCSEd website. The first 25 eligible students to register from each school will get to represent their university in the regional contests.
The regional heats will be held at Dental Schools from October to December 2013, where the students’ clinical dental skills will be judged. As a sponsor to the competition, DENTSPLY will be supplying the participants with materials they need for the skills tests such as burs, rotary endodontic files, composite material and light curing units.
The winners from each regional event will be invited to the final at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in March 2014. The final competition at the RCSEd will take the regional winners through various skill stations.
The winner of the Dental Surgery Skills Competition will receive an expenses-paid trip to America to attend the Chicago Dental Society’s Midwinter Meeting in February 2015, courtesy of RCSEd’s Faculty of Dental Surgery, as well as taking the accolade and pride in being the first winner to ever be named for the contest.
For more details on the competition, visit www.rcsed.ac.uk/dental-skills-comp