Sweden’s Top Dental Students Receive Prestigious Award

Freja Håkansson from the Faculty of Odontology at the University of Gothenburg, Hanna Dahl from the Faculty of Odontology at Malmö University, Linda Liljeblad from the Department of Dental Medicine at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and Evelina Svanelind from the Faculty of Odontology at the University of Umeå have received the titles of the Best Dental Students and they will be awarded at this year’s Swedish Dental Exhibition (Odontologisk Riksstämma & Swedental) which takes place this year digitally on 11-13 November. 

Since 1989, Dentatus AB awards the top student from each of the four dental universities in Sweden. This year, the prize has changed its name to The Bernard Weissman/Dentatus Student Achievement Award in honor of the company's former president, Mr. Bernard Weissman. Mr. Weissman was renowned as an inventor of dental products, instruments and techniques whose focus was always the development of affordable solutions that would benefit both dentists and patients. 

Read more about the Dentatus Prize here. 

About DENTATUS
A world leader in the design and manufacture of dental products. Dentatus was founded in 1930, and in 2020 we celebrate 90 years of operation. From the inception, our focus has been on development of products based on anticipation of needs and desires from the dental community. At the heart of Dentatus is a commitment to providing the dental community with sustainable, Swedish high-quality products without compromise. Dentatus operates a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility excelling in quality control. Production includes various types of technologies well adapted to fulfill high demands related to medical devices and tracing capabilities. Dentatus is well experienced in manufacturing parts made from materials commonly used in the MedTech field such as titanium, stainless steel and PEEK.