Nomination Guidelines

The Society of British Dental Nurses presents ‘Dental Nursing Awards of Excellence’ each year on National Dental Nurses Day (22nd November). It is time to celebrate the diverse role of the Dental Nurse. There are 5 award categories and details are below on how to nominate and enter the awards.

Please read through the criteria for the categories that you are nominating individuals for and check that your entry complies with them. Self-nominations are not accepted for the purpose of these awards

Any member of the dental team or allied professionals can nominate a dental nurse for these awards. However, they must be nominated through the correct route i.e., by completing the official nomination form and be nominated by at least one dental professional.
We recommend those nominating individuals for awards provide a strong statement of support within the word count to make it easier for the judging panel to come to a decision.
Nominees will not be advised who has nominated them. Nominees will be required to engage with SBDN if they are successful and be willing to form part of the success publicity with photographs, this is a requirement of accepting the recognition.
Nominees can be from any field of dentistry, but must be a post held by a dental nurse and within their current Scope of Practice, this includes dental charity working.
The contribution should be aligned to the commitment to providing a service that is above and beyond the remit of their paid employment no matter how admirable it is, and the work must lend itself to an area of the SBDN core values.
If the nominee is a member of the SBDN it is good to make this clear, what is important is that the dental nurse is a UK registered dental nurse, unless the award is for an overseas award. In the case of the student dental nurse, they must be on an approved dental nursing course.
We are also looking for innovative, inspirational, motivational, and visionary dental nurses and those who give their time to charity and have the support of the Charity.
The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into or feedback given regarding the selection of shortlisted nominations or winners.
Please note that applicants who have been previously recognised by SBDN are not eligible to enter a category for a second time based on the same or identical evidence as before.