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The Gold Medal

The Gold medal is the highest accolade which the society can award. This award is presented only once every three years to an individual who has made 'exceptional contributions to the furtherance/development of Prosthodontics' in the following domains: clinical, research, education.

Nominations are receieved from the membership every three years and the Gold Medal is awarded following discussion by the BSSPD Council.

The Gold Medal is scheduled to be presented at the 2017 annual meeting. Nominations are sought for this most pretigious award and should be made in writing or by email to the Awards administrator

Gold Medal Recipients

WinnerYear
Professor Bjorn Hedegard1972
Professor John Osborne1975
Professor Ernest Matthews1978
Professor Niels Brill1979
Professor David Watt1981
Professor John Bates1984
Professor Kenneth Liddelow1987
Professor Per-Olof Glantz1990
Professor Michael Braden1993
Professor Alan Grant1996
Professor George Zarb1999
Professor Robin Heath2002
Professor John Hobkirk2005
Professor Fraser McCord2008
Professor Paul Wright2011
Professor Robert Clark2014
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Above: The 2014 BSSPD Gold medal was awarded to Professor Robert Clark (right). Professor Clark has excelled over his long career in all three major areas of our specialty, namely clinical excellence, an exceptional role in education, and excellence in research. His work and reputation has brought credibility both to the specialty of Prosthodontics in the UK and the BSSPD itself.

At the BSSPD both he and his students have won many prizes in past years including the Schottlander Oral and Poster Prize. As a stalwart of conference presentations we believe that he submitted his 65th abstract to the Society's Annual conference in 2013.