 The
City of London, capital of the United Kingdom, played
host to the 29th British Dental Association/DENTSPLY
Student Clinician Program. It was conducted on Friday,
February 3, and once again proved to be a most successful
event. Participants attended from all 13 of the dental
schools in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland,
as well as the Republic of Ireland.
Mr. Prashant Naik from Barts and the London, Queen
Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry was awarded
the Top Prize in this year's competition. His winning
presentation was titled “The role of insulin like
growth factor 1 and its receptor in oral cancer.”
He will join his counterparts from elsewhere in the
world in attending the 148th Annual Session of the American
Dental Association at Las Vegas, NV, in October as a
VIP guest of the Company.
The Second Place Award of £500 went to Ms. Maxine
Furley from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne for
her clinic on “”Evidenced based clinical
decision making - A case report.”
Mr. Thomas Barry from the University College Dental
School and Hospital in Cork, Ireland, was honored with
the Adjudicator's Award, given by the Judges for the
first time this year to honor one of the entrants for
exceptional clarity and professionalism in their presentation.
A Reception and Dinner honoring the students was conducted
that evening at the Savoy, a venerable and respected
hotel near the West End with a distinguished history.
The Dinner was held in the elegant Lancaster Ballroom
and was followed by dancing. George Rhodes hosted the
evening's event on behalf of the Company.
For the second consecutive year, the Student Clinician
Program was held as a stand-alone event not connected
with the BDA Annual Conference. Again, it proved to
be a resounding success with more than 250 persons from
all areas of British and Irish dentistry and dental
education attending the upscale event.
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Enamel
Proteins More Versatile than Once Thought
February 10, 2006 - Amelogenins have long
been typecast in the scientific literature as
the family of proteins that regulates the mineralization
of tooth enamel. Over the last few years,
however, some scientists have begun to build the
case that certain alternatively spliced amelogenin
variants may also play a key role in the development
of the periodontium, the various tissues that
support and surround our teeth. In the February
issue of the Journal of Dental Research,
a team of NIDCR scientists and grantees add important
new evidence to support this idea. They show
in laboratory studies that two variant amelogenin
proteins called LRAP and P172 promote the proliferation
and migration of precursor cells that form cementum
and periodontal ligament cells. Importantly,
the authors also found that LRAP seems to inhibit
the formation of bone-destroying cells called
osteoclasts. The researchers concluded,
“The enhanced cell proliferation and migration
by these variants imply their potential role in
periodontal regeneration . . .”
To
read more about this paper, click here.
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