MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY
(Registered Charity No 222800)
C/o John Rylands University Library, Oxford Road,
Manchester M13 9PP

Section of Odontology

 

Office bearers and members of Council for the 2010/2011 Session

The Section holds 3 meetings a year. Firstly a symposium hosted jointly with the  British Dental Association Hospitals Group (NW Division) and the NW Division of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. Secondly, the Members' Evening where speakers compete for the Alan Hilton Medal and thirdly, the Guest Lecture. An informal dinner normally follows the Guest Lecture.

 

 

POSTER PRIZE  to be held on MONDAY 11TH APRIL 2011
1st Prize £50
      
Applicants are invited from members of the Manchester Medical Society Section of Odontology who are a) Senior House Officers on post on the 11th April 2011 or b) Vocational Trainees in Dentistry in post on the 11th April 2011.

Posters may be submitted on topics of research and case presentations. The judging panel will be drawn from the Council of the Section of Odontology, whose decision will be final.

Notice of wish to display a poster should be submitted in the form of a short letter to: Honorary Secretary, Section of Odontology, Manchester Medical Society, c/o John Rylands University Library, Manchester M13 9PP, or by fax to 0161 272 8046 or by email: admin@mms.org.uk. CLOSING DATE 25th FEBRUARY 2011

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ALAN HILTON MEDAL
CLOSING DATE : MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2010
The annual award of the Alan Hilton Medal was initiated in 1986 by the Section of Odontology to commemorate the late Alan Hilton who was a member of the Section for thirty-four years, becoming President of the Section in 1959 and President of the Manchester Medical Society in 1968.  The medal is a prestigious award and the names of the winners are inscribed on a board at the Turner Dental School.
The medal is awarded to the author of the best paper presented at the Members' Evening of the Section in January of each year.  This evening is traditionally an opportunity for younger members of the Section to gain experience in the presentation of papers.  Papers on dental research subjects are invited from general dental practitioners, community dentists and hospital and university dentists, up to and including the level of specialist registrar grade.  The successful applicants will be required to make a short presentation (no longer than 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of questions and discussion) on the evening MONDAY 31ST JANUARY 2011.  
If you wish to compete for the Alan Hilton Medal send a summary (not more than 300 words) of your paper to the Administrator.  Applicants must be members of the Section of Odontology.  For  further information please click here.

 

         Diary Dates

          Wednesday 3rd November 2010, 2.00 pm at the MANDEC
        AGM & Joint Symposium with the NW Branches of the BDA Hospitals Group and Faculty of General
        Dental Practitioners "Core CPD in Dentistry" - **FULLY BOOKED**

         Tuesday 30th November 2010, 6.00 pm at the MANDEC
        Extra meeting for trainees

         Monday 31st January 2011, 6.00 pm at MANDEC
        Alan Hilton Medal Evening

        Monday 7th March 2011 , 2.00 pm at MANDEC
        Joint meeting with the Dental Faculty RCS Edinburgh "Oral Medicine"
        Professor S R Porter, "Common oral medicine problems"  
        Dr M Escudier, "Treatment of salivary calculi"
        Third speaker to be confirmed

        Monday 11th April 2011, 6.00 pm at MANDEC
        Guest Lecture
        Professor P Sloan, "Oral Pre-cancer and cancer - an update"