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The winners of the 2020 essay prizes received the prize certificates at the AGM.

Edwina D'Souza won the 2020 Drummond Jackson Essay Prize of £750 for her essay 'Epilepsy and conscious sedation: considerations and management'.

Tallulah Darcy Hall was the winner of the 2020 Dental Student Essay Prize of £500 for her essay 'Objectifying the Subjective: Current Success and Novel Advancements in the Assessment of Dental Anxiety'

The 2020 DCP Case Report Prize was awarded jointly to Louise Gallagher for 'A multidisciplinary teams case report' and EmmaLee Robertson for 'When LA alone is not enough'. Both winners received £500.

All of the essays and case reports were published in the 2021 issue of SAAD Digest.

Well done!

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