The RCSEd UK & Ireland Dental Clinical Skills Competition Grand Final

Published: 19 March 2025

The RCSEd UK & Ireland Dental Clinical Skills Competition Grand Final is back and taking place on Saturday 29 March 2025 at the College campus. This year, the Straumann Group is kindly supporting the competition, ensuring that the 16 final year dental students experience some of the best in dental technology and equipment.

 

This annual event offers dental students from across the UK and Ireland an opportunity to showcase their dental talents and represent their dental school in a friendly and positive environment. Professor Grant McIntyre, Dean of the Dental Faculty commented on the 2025 competition:

"The Dental Clinical Skills Competition is one of the highlights of the Faculty of Dental Surgery calendar at RCSEd and I am looking forward to meeting the students from the UK and Ireland universities and witnessing their clinical and non-technical expertise being demonstrated throughout the competition this month. The competition also provides a superb and unique networking opportunity for undergraduate students to meet colleagues from all of the universities with long term friendships being made. Let the competition begin."

 

2025 Grand Final Contestants

The University of Central Lancashire
Thomas Gent
The University of Liverpool School of Dentistry
Grace Marshall
Bristol Dental School
Ollie Stuart
Queen Mary University of London, Institute of Dentistry
Hilary Cecilia Leung
University Of Sheffield Dental School
Ella Thomson Lewis
Birmingham University School of Dentistry
Jessica Preda
Cardiff University, School of Dentistry
Dora Jones
Peninsula Dental School (Plymouth University)
Anna Davies
Queen's University of Belfast, School of Dentistry
Anna Comer
University of Glasgow, Dental School
Li Min Ning
Newcastle University School of Dental Sciences
Wojciech Cajdler
Cork University Dental Schools
Aisling O'Connor
University of Aberdeen Institute of Dentistry
Julia Przygoda
University of Dundee School of Dentistry
Billy Blackwood
King’s College London Faculty of Dentistry
Reece Hamilton
University of Leeds School of Dentistry
Niamh Dillon

The 2025 prizes include:

1st Place: Digital SLR camera designed for intraoral photography, generously provided by Tom Bereznicki, competition supporter. The winner will also receive a £300 Amazon voucher and an RCSEd winner certificate

2nd Place: £200 Amazon voucher and an RCSEd 2nd place certificate

3rd Place: £100 Amazon voucher and an RCSEd 3rd place certificate

All participants will also receive a certificate of attendance on the day and gift bags from RCSEd and the Straumann Group. 

The Straumann Group 

The Straumann Group is a global leader in tooth replacement and orthodontic solutions that restore smiles and confidence. It unites global and international brands that stand for excellence, innovation and quality in restorative, prosthetic, corrective and digital dentistry, including Anthogyr, ClearCorrect, Dental Wings, Medentika, Neodent, Straumann and other fully/partly owned companies and partners.

In collaboration with leading clinics, institutes and universities, the Group researches, develops, manufactures and supplies dental implants, instruments, CADCAM prosthetics, orthodontic aligners, biomaterials and digital solutions for use in tooth correction, replacement and restoration or to prevent tooth loss.

Watch this space for updates on this year's competition winners!