The RCSEd UK & COMD Clinical Dental Skills Competition Grand Final took place on Thursday 26 March in Edinburgh, welcoming 16 final-year dental students from across the UK and Ireland. Each finalist represented the highest-performing student from their respective dental school, making reaching the final an outstanding achievement in itself.
Competitors were assessed across 9 stations designed to test both practical skills and theoretical knowledge. These stations included laparoscopy, suturing, anatomy, origami, oral health education (poster creation on tooth decay), orthodontics, implant dentistry, communication skills, and intraoral scanning. The overall standard demonstrated by participants was exceptional!
Congratulations to the Winners
1st place – Ruby Simpson
Glasgow Dental School, University of Glasgow
2nd place – Chelsea Watson
Sheffield School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield
3rd place – Sarah Murray
School of Dentistry, Queen’s University Belfast
Ruby Simpson, this year’s winner, received the RCSEd trophy and certificate, along with a digital SLR camera for intraoral photography, kindly provided by Dr Tom Bereznicki, and a £300 Amazon voucher.
Acknowledgements
We extend our sincere thanks to this year’s sponsor, the College of Medicine and Dentistry (COMD), whose support of both the regional heats and the Grand Final made this competition possible!
We also wish to express our continued gratitude to Dr Tom Bereznicki for his longstanding support of the competition.
