Prize winning dental ceramic work

Final year dental students Roddy Little and David Reid were recently awarded the Dall Medal for their efforts at creating upper central incisors using biocompatible dental alloy and vita dental ceramic porcelain.

Roddy and David were among a group of dental students who entered the competition, which was organised by Dental Instructor Bill Sharp. Bill said, "Each student put a great deal of time and effort into the fabrication of their metal ceramic crown and the overall standard was very high."

The Dall Medal award is funded by a legacy bequeathed on William Dall's death in 1963 by his wife. Willliam Dall was an early innovator in British dentistry who specialised in the development of dental ceramic porcelains. A jeweller in Fife, Dall went on to train as a dentist in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow. Alban was presented with the medal by Professor Bill Saunders, Dean of Dentistry and Head of Department in the Dental School.