IADR/UNILEVER Research contest winners emerge

THE third International Association for Dentist Research (IADR ) Conference came to an end in Abuja at the weekend,with Unilever Nigeria Plc announcing its sponsorship package for the two prize winners of the Unilever Dentists Hatton Competition.The winners, Azodo Clement Chinedu and Nwangi Lizah, from the University of Benin Teaching Hospital and the University of Nairobi, focused their research work on Oral hygiene practices and gingival health among school children in Nigeriaand Cameroon, as well as dental health and oral health seeking behaviour among adults in Kenya.Speaking at the closing ceremony, Managing Director Unilever Nigeria PlC Mr. Thabo Mabe said Unilever has a long history and partnership with the IADR/Divisional and Hatton competition. 'Over the years, close to 900 students from around the world have had the opportunity to attend the competition at the global level called the IADR-Unilever Hatton Competition and have had the opportunity to share their research findings with top dental scientists from around the world,' he stated.The twoover all prize winners out of the 15 participants at both senior and junior categories will be fully sponsored to attend the next IADR event in Brazil in 2012.
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