Prof oluwafemi oguntibeju

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CPUT wins top four places at DENTASA competition

CPUT students did extremely well at the Dental Technology association of South africa (DeNTaSa) Graduate achiever award competition in august 2014. BTech students achieved the top four places, with the winner, Corné Serdy, being awarded a trip worth approximately r120 000 to the International Dental Show in Cologne in 2015, followed by training at dental r&D companies in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Corné will also get international work experience by interning at dental laboratories in Germany and england, where he will be mentored by expatriate CPUT alumni. The BTech students competed against students from the Durban and Tshwane Universities of Technology, and were asked to find a real patient case, research the patient’s clinical history, engage with the clinician and the professional dental technologist who did the original work, and under this person’s guidance reproduce the exact case.

Dental Technology’s HoD, Mr Louis Steyn, said the competition started as a BTech project 12 years ago as a way of cementing the fundamentals of research. Since then, it has grown in prominence, and CPUT students now have the assistance of master ceramists, prosthodontists and even the head of UWC’s Dental faculty. “This project teaches our students how to interact and share information with clinicians and other members of the profession, and it enables them to develop presentation, PowerPoint and public speaking skills.” i ND u ST ry F u ND i N g RESEARCHER SOURCE OF

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