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Contents Contents and message from the editors....................................................................2 Presidents Report.......................................... ...........................................................3 Introducing the Committee.......................................................................................4 Fresher Welcome......................................................................................................8 5th Year Report........................................................................................................9 4th Year Report......................................................................................................10 3rd Year Report .....................................................................................................11 DMD Report ......................... 12 Dental Dinner........................................................................................................ 14 PSVP Report..................................... 16 Sponsors…............................................................................................................ 17
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
It’s shaping up to be a big year on the OHCWA campus! January 29 th saw the commencement of the DMD course and all the fun stuff that a bunch of freshers entails – arguments over lockers, constant timetable changes and hours of tooth drawing fun!
The 5th years are large and in charge, although somewhat of a rare species around campus these days as they have emerged from the oppressive cocoon that is OHCWA and taken flight far, far, away…..well as far as they can possibly get.
Our darling 3 rd years are just beginning their foray into clinic, and while they are all friends right now, let’s just wait until the “War for the edentulous patients 2013” gets underway. They are working on their orthodontic wire bending, and can often be seen in the lab until the we e hours stabbing themselves with wires and cursing old Adam for ever coming up with that crib.
As usual, the 4th years are 3 weeks into the year, and on the brink of nervous breakdown. We have come to the realisation that we would need approximately 3000 clinical hours to complete our requirements and this has coincided with our descent into madness. Please avoid the 4th years.
UDSS has some pretty sweet events lined up for your tasting pleasure this year, and it all kicks off with FRESHER WELCOME! We someh ow managed to overcome the odds to organise what is shaping up to be an off the hook night for one and all. March 8 th is the date, so do yourself a favour and mark it in your diary while stocking up on Panadol and Gatorade for the next morning.
A couple a regular events are being trialled this year, the first being “Tea Break Time”, a monthly sundowner for staff and students to get their drink on together at the Byrneliegh, titanium marking not included. The second is our UDSS Cake Stall, set up as a fundraiser for the Dental Dinner, and also a way of ensuring a steady supply of carious lesions for you to treat – find it just outside the waiting room every month!
Well, that’s all the juicy goss I’m willing to give for now, stay tuned for the next edition of Probe, where it will be Ricky’s turn to write and I’ll be up in the lab working…probably with Tim O’Hehir…..seriously, that guy never leaves…
- Mary Todd
INTRODUCING THE COMMITTEE
Name: Ricky Delaney
Position on committee:
Likes: ...Dentistry?
Dislikes: Mary Todd
I can’t live without:
Best quality:
Worst fear: Having to do a Class III on a clown with retroclined incisors in the dark.
Name:
Position on committee
I can’t live without: a to do list
Best quality: super fast touch -typing :-P
Blondest moment in dental school: turning up to first year orient with red face paint on from a college event. Mr McGee wasn't impressed Something I want to do before I die: Ensure OHCWA gets some decent lawn
Name: Vernice, vernie, vernicey, vern, nicey, bernice, denise
Position: Money money money (Treasurer)
Likes: Let's see…. Zac Efron, Ed Westwick, Dislikes: Brussel sprouts. Nasty.
Blondest moment in dental school: Back in 2nd year when I dyed my hair. It was more brunette than anything else but close enough?
Worst fear: Just the other day, I woke up in sweat after dreaming that my p/p patient got into a horrible car accident the day before the final insert. I cried. I'd like to think that I mourned for both my patient and my unfinished requirements.
Name: Rosie Monk (AKA Romo)
Position on committee: Ed Rep
Likes: Cats
Dislikes: Twitter
Something you cant live without: Trueblood
Worst fear: Needles (I faint everytime)
Name: Karishma Menon
Position: Senior Social Officer
Dislikes: Coffee
Your name: Yousr (aka Yowza)
Position on committee: Education Representative
Likes: Doing my make-up in the car
Dislikes: Filling out these questionnaires
I can’t live without: Eyeliner
Best quality : The ability to be sober yet have more fun than anyone else
Likes: Eversince dentistry: Back massages
Something you cant live without: Kinda cheesy but…my brothers
Best quality: I can laugh at practically anything
Worst fear: At the moment, getting a needlestick injury with a patient with hepatitis/HIV
Name: Marisa Teh
Position: Senior Social officer
Likes : muesli
Dislikes: the sound of people eating Can't live without: body butter
Biggest fear: frogs and toads
Name: Elke Rijks
Position on committee: Junior Social Rep
I can’t live without: My phone
Best quality: brutally honest
Something you want to do before you die: fly in a private jet
Worst fear: The ocean
Your name: Andrew Phillips
Name: Thiviya Sivapatham (T Rat, Chocolate Honey, Black Booty Bitch, Ghetto Compton Sister)
Position: Junior Social Rep
Likes: Junk (...in my trunk!)
Best quality: that im always packing heat Blondest moment in dental school: Pimpin out my hoes
Something you want to do before you die: Be a $$BALLER$$, Get into a street fight
Position on committee: sports rep
I can’t live without: oxygen
Best quality: ambi-dextrous
Blondest moment in dental school: thinking the next year will get easier
Something you want to do before you die: move to canada to practice dentistry while continuing my unsuccessful career in ice hockey
Name: Yusef Khadembashi
Position: Wellbeing officer
Likes: Creeping on freshers
Dislikes: Guys who creep
Best quality: polishing lab work until is babyface smooth
Worst fear: Impressions from thomas ezekiel graydon
Your name: Cassandra Voola (aka Cass)
Position on committee: Media Rep
Likes: Sleeping on the carpet
I can’t live without: Christina Marie DePiazzi and Vampire Diaries AND Greys Anatomy
Blondest moment: Using topical as vaseline, using the light cure shield under the light cure
Worst fear: Feathers…birds
Your name: Qui Huynh
Position on committee: Webmaster
Likes: eating, food, trolling others
Name: Christina DePiazzi (aka X)
Position: Media Rep
Likes: Number 11 phantom head: Cormac Mackenzie Macdonald. Treat him well.
Dislikes: People who walk slowly in front of me, just get out of my way please I seriously don’t have time for your shiz
I can’t live without: Cassandra Mercy Rao Voola
Best quality: My permanent stressed face, people leave me alone that way
Dislikes: carrots, haircuts, and not wearing watches in dent
Something you cant live without: Food
Something you want to do before you die: Travel, to all the places
Name: Luke Rodman
Name: Ryan
Position: Alumni Rep
Likes: a Greg 'egg' crane
Blondest moment in dental school: Assumed a tutor was a new student
Something you want to do before you die: win boat racing at Fresher Welcome 2013
Worst fear: not winning boat racing at Fresher Welcome 2013
Name: Jane Forma
Position: Fifth Year Representative & Immediate
Past President
Likes: Beer Club
Dislikes: Days on which Beer Club is not held
I can’t live without: Beer Club
Worst fear: I'm afraid of juggling...well not really, I just don't have the balls to do it
Position on committee:5th yr rep
Likes: eating
Dislikes: never having time for lunch at ohcwa!
I can’t live without: a parking spot. I'm dying Worst fear: uncooperative matrix bands, and worms.
Your name: Eloise Host
Position on committee: 4th Year Representative
Likes: Hockey, Surf Lifesaving, Chocolate.
Dislikes: Driving in peak hour, The OCHWA Laboratory (especially at 5pm when you are trying to finish mounting casts), The Notebook (BLEUGH!)
I can’t live without: Dental friends. Apart from your family you see them more than anyone else.
Best quality: My style : )
Name: Penny Lindsay
Position: 4th year rep
Likes: Coffee breaks down the road
Your name: Gregory Peck
Dislikes: Mornings, lectures clinic and functioning in general in the morning
I can’t live without: Coffee breaks down the road, Best quality: Ability to bend my finger perfectly to form palatal contour of incisors
Position on committee: Porthole to his majesty and her highness on the 3rd floor
Likes/dislikes: Likes: Having a mirror flex session in my towel after a monster gym session
Dislikes: Rats eating my organic watermelons
Best quality: eating 3yrs worth of peoples lunch from the common room fridge and still not being caught....suckers!
Worst fear: world cheese shortage
Your name: Jonny (aka Ronnie) Lo
Position on committee: 3rd Year Bully
Likes: Taking lunch money from international students and Getting called a 'lying dog'
Dislikes: The selfies I take of myself whilst drunk (refer to pic)
Blondest Moment: Trying to remove hair on my arms with a jet lighter, and Successfully collecting $10 from every person in 3rd year to help fund the inaugural of beer club
Best quotes : Why didn't you guys invite me?
Name: Chin -Hang Rose Kong.
Position on the committee: DMD class representative.
Something I can't live without: my husband.
Best quality: I'm honest and loyal.
Something I want to do before I die: visit Paris.
Worst fear: Going blind.
Name: Michiel de Beer or Emya
Position: DMD Year Rep
Something I can't live without: My iPhone
Best Quality: Smile
Blondest moment: Had the size tag on my pants at DMD orientation day :/
UDSS would like to cordially invite you to:
DRUMROLL PLEASE…INTRODUCING THE DMDʼS!!!
DENTAL!DINNER!2012
The!night!of!all!nights!arrived.!The!one!event!of!the!year! that!dental!students!actually!take!time!from!their!studies! to!have!a!shower,!brush!their!hair!and!dress!to!the!nines! for!a!night!to!remember.!!The!Annual!Dental!Dinner! Spectacular!was!again!amongst!us!and!we!were!all!ready! to!party.
The!Hyatt!Ballroom!was!decorated!beautifully,!with! tables!given!the!special!touch!of!every!guests!face! adorning!each!centrepiece.!All!the!ladies,!of!course,! looked!stunning!and!the!boys!somehow!managed!to!scrub! up!as!they!all!looked!very!dapper,!transforming!into!fine! young!men.!
A!delicious!three!course!dinner,!free!flowing!drinks!and!a! shiny!dance!floor!to!show!off!our!moves:!it!was!a!recipe! for!success.!Of!course!to!top!it!off!was!a!talented!video! showcasing!the!5th years’!ability!to!sing!and!dance!(if! Gangnam Styling!counts!as!dancing).!Many!great! memories!were!made;!and!the!many!photos!taken!soon! reminded!those!of!what!happened!for!those!whose!minds! started!to!blur!by!the!end!of!the!night.
In!the!blink!of!an!eye,!the!night!came!to!end.!For!the!most! of!us,!it marked!the!end!of!another!year!in!our!journey! through!dental!school.!To!the!rest,!a!farewell!was!made!to! another!group!of!students!let!loose!into!the!big!wide! world,!dangerously!armed!with!the!licence!to!drill.!We!all! wish!the!dental!graduates!of!2012!all the!best!for!their! futures’!and!hope!all!their!wildest!hopes!and!dreams! come!true.!
Marisa!Teh
PSVP Program 2012:
After a busy year, the Primary School visits program finished the year with a bang, with two visits to schools (Neerigen Brook and Westfield Park Primary School) and one to the kids at Unicare. Although it was a long journey to reach the schools in Armadale, it was great to really get out there and reach kids who didn’t have a great deal of access dental services. Our program involved teaching them about the dentist, oral hygiene, tooth trauma and diet – using methods including origami chatter boxes, dental student developed Youtube video (check it out), powerpoints and hands on demonstrations. For research purposes, we got the classes to answer quizzes to assess their baseline knowledge and effectiveness of our teaching methods.
The Unicare visit was an amazing and enjoyable day for all involved, kids and students alike. Despite their wee age, children aged 3 and up were eager to get involved with the dental initiative, often surprising students with the grasp of the information delivered. A small group of the PSVP team also visited unicamp for kid, conducting an oral health station. The kids got actively involved, some of them even beating the stuffing out of the ‘evil decay monster’ – an unfortunate dental student who had unwittingly volunteered for the position.
After successfully attaining several grants for research, the comm ittee (basically CK, Jen and Ryan) finished up writing research to enter the Colgate Bright Smiles competition – in which the winning entrants travel internationally to meet up and discuss oral healthcare for children. The conference is held in Korea this year, so fingers crossed we get in! Mad props to CK who has graduated already, but put in a huge amount of effort in getting it done.
Despite all the initial difficulties encountered in 2012, there were so many significant milestones accomplished. Not only did the program receive national recognition through research grants, but of the upmost importance, the program has delivered oral health education to over 1300 children in Perth in a 12 month period! As dental students, we should be proud of the contribution we are making to improving not only the oral health, but general well-being of Western Australia children.
With regard to 2013, the program wants to focus on getting more people out there to help out, teach kids in need, get into new schools, and most importantly to have a good time. So get around it!
Marcus
