The Future of Dentistry at the CDA/Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program Each year, one undergraduate student from each of Canada’s ten dental schools steps into the national research spotlight. The CDA/Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program celebrates the best in student-driven dental research in Canada. The 2025 edition, held at the National Oral Health Convention in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in August, showcased the next generation of clinician-scientists. At its core, the competition offers an opportunity for students to gain national recognition by presenting their research findings before a panel of expert judges and exchanging ideas with peers and colleagues from across Canada. “For 10 years I have been fortunate to be one of the judges for the program,” says Dr. Mitch Taillon, a CDA past-president who shared the judges chair with Dr. Benoit Soucy, CDA Chief Knowledge Officer, and Dr. Lesli Hapak, CDA Board of Directors. “This year in St. John’s, I was thoroughly impressed at the variety and quality of the student research taking place at the dental schools in Canada,”says Dr. Taillon. For over 50 years, the annual program’s core values—intellectual sharpness and practical clinical skills— have been demonstrated by student clinicians, including this year’s first place winner, Samer Karkout from McGill University, and runner-up, Ahmed Abbas of Western University. 9 Issue 6 | 2025 |
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