A certificate, $500 cash prize and up to $500 travel and related expenses will be awarded to the winning unpublished essay on:

1) A subject relevant to the history of dentistry
2) The result of an original research effort related to dental history
3) A composition revealing an uncommon appreciation and understanding of historical items related to dentistry.

Eligibility: Contest open to all predoctoral students of dentistry in the US and Canada, including undergraduate students pre- paring for admission to dental school. Purpose is to encourage the student and research of the history of dentistry. Entries must be original essays, not more than 5,000 words, on a subject relevant to dental history.

Selection: A special committee of the Academy will judge all entries received prior to March 1, 2011, for the current year’s award. The winner will be announced prior to June 1, 2011, so that said winner may be in attendance at the annual meeting of the Academy.

Application: Send typed essays (in triplicate), following the Instructions for Authors for the Journal of the History of Dentistry, along with a statement of authenticity by the Dean or responsible faculty, by March 1, 2011.

The Award is presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry. Please submit papers prior to March 1, 2011.

Please direct correspondence to:
Dr. Arden G. Christen
7112 Sylvan Ridge Road
Indianapolis, IN 46240