Dr Mohannad Nassar of Cariology and Operative Dentistry was awarded as the winner of Unilever Hatton Divisional Award and final competitor of the The IADR Unilever Hatton Competition at the 92nd IADR General Session,June 25-28, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa. The awards allowed Dr. Nassar, as one of the best junior investigators from Japan to present his research at the annual IADR General Session. Dr. Nassar’s work was entitled “Phytic Acid: An Alternative Root Canal Chelating Agent” (abstract).