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APRIL 2005 12–16 INTERNATIONAL DENTAL SHOW Cologne, Germany Information: Cordula Busse, Press Officer, Koelnmesse GmbH, Messeplatz 1, 50679 Köln, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 221 821 2083. Fax: +49 (0) 221 821 2826 E-mail: c.busse@koelnmesse.de http://www.koelnmesse.de MAY 2005 6–7 BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY The Dynamics of Ceramics Heythrop Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire Keynote Speakers: Pascal Magne, Michel Magne, Basil Mizrahi Information: Miss Serpil Djemal, Honorary Secretary, BSRD, The Royal London Dental Hospital, New Road, London, E1 1BB. Tel/fax: 020 7943 1332. E mail: s.djemal@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk AUGUST 2005 29 Aug – 2 Sept ICOMS – 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna, Austria Information: www.icomsvienna2005.org

2005 FRECHETT AWARDS New investigators in Prosthodontics are encouraged to apply for one of two 2005 Arthur R. Frechette Research Awards in Prosthodontics.The Award is the annual research competition for new investigators sponsored by the Prosthodontics Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research and honours the memory of Arthur R. Frechette who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the IADR from 1968 until 1977. Each Award recognizes original research by new investigators and is sponsored by the Prosthodontics Research Group of the IADR and supported by the Whip Mix Corporation. One award is for Prosthodontic research undertaken with a Materials Science or Bioengineering oriented protocol and the other is for Prosthodontic research undertaken with a Biological Sciences and Tissue Engineering oriented protocol. Researchers carrying out original research are eligible for the Frechette Award if they have been the primary author of no more than three articles published in refereed dental journals. Each award carries a cash prize of $1,000. Research submitted for the IADR meeting in Baltimore, Maryland is eligible for consideration for the Frechette Award, provided it has not been published elsewhere or will not be under consideration for another award. Abstracts must be submitted to the Prosthodontics Research Group of the IADR by the October 1, 2004 deadline with the appropriate boxes on the on-line submission checked. The abstracts will be judged for (1) originality and scientific design of the investigation, (2) suitability of the methods of analysis, and (3) scientific value of the work. Selected finalists will be judged at the 2005 IADR meeting in Baltimore, Maryland and the winner will be announced at the Prosthodontics Research Group Business Meeting.

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