This award is designed to acknowledge the young talent within the field of Dental Science and will allow the young dentists to share their ideas, innovations and observations with world class institutions and authorities in the oral health field, by simply providing them with the deserved exposure, an enlightening experience will be achieved for all parties. Through this endeavour we encourage the young researchers in the field of Dental Science to contribute their accomplished studies, thus bringing the informative benefits to all oral health professionals participating in the AEEDC Dubai event. The single winner for the AEEDC Young Researcher Award will be entitled to the following.

• Admission to AEEDC Dubai 2019
• 4 Nights Accommodation (provided by AEEDC Dubai Organizer)
• Admission to 1 AEEDC Advanced Speciality Course of his/her choice.
• Certificate of participation.

Young Researcher Award application prerequisites:

1. The candidate should be 40 years of age or below.
2. The research must be already concluded, and with no pending parts, within 2 years before the date of the award.
3. The research should already be recognized by the research/thesis committee/department of a University.
4. The research should be either already published, or be scheduled for publication in a peer review journal.

• 2018 Award Winner

  

   

  Zuhair Saleh Natto
  BDS, MBA, MPH, MSc, DrPH
  Diplomate, American board of periodontology Diplomate, International Congress of Oral Implantologists

  Research Title: “Soft Tissue Dimensional Alterations Following Ridge Preservation with Collagen Matrix Seal or Collagen Sponge with Bone Allograft: A Randomized Volumetric Study ”

  Dr. Natto has published more than 25 articles and book chapters related to public health and dentistry. Dr. Natto received several awards including American Academy of Periodontology foundation award, International College of Oral Implantology award, American Dental Education Association and American Association of Public Health Dentistry.

  Click here for Young Researcher Award Application Form

This award seeks to recognize the “Champion” presenter of the year; all AEEDC Dubai conference speakers’ names will be automatically included in this competition. The best speaker should be the most popular and attract the biggest number of attendees; he/she should get the highest recognition from the audience. The winner will be officially announced by the AEEDC Awards Committee after the final counting of “audience” votes. Recognition certificate and trophy will be presented to the winner. Announcement of the winner will be through the following:

• Personal correspondence with the winner
• AEEDC Dubai website.
• AEEDC Dubai 2019 Report.
• Wall of Recognition during AEEDC Dubai 2019.

This Award commemorates the dental clinic product/equipment that is a revolutionary breakthrough in the professional oral care, or has achieved groundbreaking improvement to an existing product. The winner will be selected by the AEEDC Awards Committee.

Criteria for selection:

• Innovation or modernization of existing equipment, materials, or instruments.
• Outstanding quality of production.
• Safety of product.
• “A” to “Z” time.
• Simplicity of steps.

Click here to download the Excellence in Clinical Equipment Award Application form

Selection of this award will be through participants’ voting on a daily basis. The votes will be collected by the exhibitors themselves and handed over to AEEDC organizers everyday of the event.

The best booth activity will be through participants’ voting on a daily basis. The votes will be collected by the exhibitors themselves and handed over to AEEDC organizers on a daily basis.

Purpose
The purpose of this award category is to celebrate the necessity of details in dentistry and to appreciate effective and beautiful documentation work.

Form
AEEDC Best Photo Award is in form of a competition, where applicants can submit as many as 5 photos for committee consideration.

Categories:

• Clinical
• Workplace
• People

Who can apply?

Any dentist, dental student, hygienist, dental technicians, and dental assistant who have given attention to details and taken the time and placed effort to have the ideal photo documentation, and consider their work to be good enough to receive an award.

Requirements

The images must be in jpg or Jpeg formats, a title and date is necessary for each image, please note that it is possible that the committee will ask for a higher resolution for final decision making process. Entries that have won any competitions or awards can not be considered, any such work must be declared. A 50 word description of each image is mandatory to understand the work and consideration.

It is advised to remember the following points for better results in the award competition:

Originality of the work, creativity, Impact, excellent visual elements, colour and light balance, sharpness and contrast, serving the purpose for which the picture is taken.

Copyright

By submitting your work to the committee as part of the Photo Awards, you consent to their use in whichever way (not clinical, not part of a CPD) the committee finds suitable in connection with the Photo Awards, their publicity and exposure, including but not limited to publications both hard and soft version, and as well as media. Any other purpose for the use of the image(s) needs prior consent of the owner/applicant.

Consent

In case of an image that features a face, the person appearing in the image must give a written consent understanding and agreeing to the Award and Copyright conditions.

Decisions

All committee decisions in relation to the winner(s) selection are final and not debatable.