2015 #1

UDSS 2015 Committee

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Education Representatives

Senior Social Representatives

Junior Social Representatives

Sports Representatives

Media Representative

Webmaster

Alumni Representative

Class Representatives

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 5

Immediate Past President

Adrian Sciarrone

Chin-Hang Rose Kong

Teresa Chang

Mei Ling Koh

Lena Qiu

Rebecca Penco

Thiviya Sivapatham Elke Rijks

Keenan Inderjeeth

Reezan Yousuf

Michael Yuan

Lionel Thompson

Claire Waldock

Michael Wu

Greg Crane

Daniel Zhang

Anam Khan

Bojan Sevo

Claudia Marino

Borut Klopcic

Ashani Mendis

Elisia Taborsky

Evie Kierath

Jonathon Lo

Editor

Hschool has begun, and depending on how your year scored on the timetable, the 8am til 5:15 (more realistically 5:30) blood, sweat and tears started. That may be a tad dramatic, but welcome back to the hectic workload that is dentistry.

I’m the 2015 media rep, and I hope to bring an entertaining read and snapshot of all the events throughout 2015 (and 2014 dent dinner) - although I’d love to bring cutting-edge, thought-provoking journalism to the table...haha, no I’d be happy if you get a few laughs at the end of the day. My qualifications? I actually didn’t stinge out on the cheap Microsoft office package and got Publisher (it makes it sooo much easier to compose this).

But in all seriousness, I hope you enjoy reading this, and any recommendations, articles or rants about whatever is grinding your gears, just flick me an email. And remember, the dent/OHCWA related memes competition is on until the last Probe is released so keep ‘em coming!

Hope 2015 at dent school has started well for everyone,

Claire Waldock | UDSS Media Representative media@udss.net

UDSS c/- OHCWA

17 Monash Ave

Nedlands WA 6009

Media Representative

Claire Waldock

President’s Report

AUDSS President |

Adrian Sciarrone

hhh, isn’t it good to be back? The 2pm sleepins, the luxurious vacations by the beach, and WHOLE days where we didn’t think about teeth – who needs it?? Not us! What we want are 8am lectures, treatment plans, and wasting what little we have left of our youth in the back of lab making yet another special tray. Feel that excitement!!!

With all seriousness, welcome to OHCWA 2015! We have an amazing group that make up the 2015 UDSS committee and we’ve got plenty planned to make this a great year! On top of that, it seems we have a pretty awesome bunch in first year – friendly, social, smart – the complete package! So now we have that in addition to our pretty awesome 2nd, 3rd and 5th year students. How can it get any better? Easy - Keenan and Reezan are our social reps! For any of you that know these two slippery characters or have the pleasure of having them on snap chat, you know this is big! Partying is what they do, and they do it well. Prime and Bond has come and gone, with everyone raving on about how good it was. What’s next you say? You’re just going to have to wait and find out…

So UDSS parties; we know that! What else do we do? We’re the ones that have been putting those Red Bulls in the fridge – whoever’s taking them out clearly works at a faster rate than I do!

We’re trying to update our common room! We’ve applied for a grant, have staff support and have all our fingers crossed that it’ll come through. We’re having sporting competitions run by no one other than Lionel and Michael! We give you free pizza from time to time! We have magazines (you’re reading it)! We’re trying to sort out WiFi in OHCWA LT! We’re giving you the biggest event of the year – The Dental Dinner!

On a slightly more serious tone, we represent you when it comes to education. This year the class reps, education reps, the secretary and I are doing our best to give you the best education possible. We’ve all come together as one group to document all issues and have a unified and professional approach. So use us! This year we are focusing on issues with guidebooks and assessment dates as well as assessment feedback. Though we deal with all educational issues, so if there’s a problem with education – tell your class rep! Not only can they send off emails, your issues and opinions are raised at staff and UDSS meetings. You can fill out our feedback forms! You’ll see these soon, and we’ll tell you exactly what they’re used for. We’re all here to work with staff to give you the best experience possible. So again – use us!

We have so much planned for this year; it’s going to be amazing. So seriously, drop that special tray sometime and get involved in the community – you won’t regret it!

Adrian sciarrone | UDSS President president@udss.net

UDSS c/- OHCWA

17 Monash Ave, Nedlands WA 6009

Introduction to 2015

cause of the good hours, interaction with patients and staff and because den-

Best dent experience:

W chologist but thought it would be cool to work with people and be hands-on. Also, 'Dr Fang' seems suitable.

Funniest dent experience? When a 1st yr student from another degree walked into our lecture in KJG. The lecturer had just finished a sentence with “…Gingivitis …”. yr replied, thinking the lecturer had asked who he was. “..aWhat? I’m Tim... I’m guessing this isn Microbiology”. A classmate misheard and said “Microscopy is upstairs”. Hahaha that student probably never got to his lecture.

Advice for first years? “Stock up on TimTams”

told

Go to

friends with people from oth-

Dim Sum! (Bonus points if its during uni hours) and wine

Wanted to be a mountain climber but decided on dentistry because she wanted an office job where she also works with her hands.

Funniest/best dent experience: During the paediatric innocence test, when Nate Ong saw dolphins and everyone else saw naked people.

Advice for first years: “In Optech: critcise your own work before the tutors do - they want to see that you know where you can improve! It also results in less heartache when they show you your errors. In clinic: Take the time to really get to know your patients. Good patients and good social skills are very valuable.”

UDSS Committee

Lionel | Sports and Wellbeing Rep

Likes: toasted cheese sandwich and gin & tonic. Wanted to be a Kmart manager so he could run the toy section, but decided on dent so he could “Set my own working hours (3 day weekend!!)”

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Funniest dent experience:

Michael | Sports and Wellbeing Rep

Likes: Anything Taiwanese/Japanese/Korean and green tea (no sugar less ice)

history and become an art curator but decided on dentistry because it is

stuck behind a desk all day

Best experience:

Advice for first yrs? and revise heaps, it will make your life so much easi-

anted to be a sports agent for NBA players like Jerry Maguire but needed to find a job that would-

around dentistry and really appreciate how im-

That feeling when you find perfect. Critique and find something to improve.

Fried chicken and slurpies anted to be a Bollywood actress, but did dentistry as Bollywood was too full at

Funniest/best dent experis not fun and it’s Advice for first years?

Reezan | Junior Social Rep

Likes: Women and women (as food & drink)

Wanted to be a woman....I mean he was meant to become the prince of Bangladesh, but decided on dentistry as he heard they had burlesque at the conferences.

Funniest dent experience: Everyday of his life with Keenan Inderjeeth Advise for first years? “My number is 0449 562 125. Call me...ladies only

Keenan | Junior Social Rep

Likes: Finest Almas Caviar and Don Perignon

Wanted to be rich, and chose dentistry because refer to previous point

Best dent experience: Rolling up to OHCWA in his C series Mercedes

Advice for first years? “Don't shop at Cotton On peasants, at least scrounge out for Marcs.“

Claire | Media Rep

Likes: Something smothered in grease with something saturated with ethanol Wanted to be Sailor Moon but decided she was rubbish at shooting random crescent moons so decided she could shoot random burs out of a drill instead (until she promptly realised they were much more effective attached to a drill).

Funniest dent experience: Trying to work out why her Frasaco maxillary central incisors looked so small during scale & clean then being told by her tutor that she mixed up her Frasaco arches

Advice for first years? “See point above regarding burs, unless you want to be in brown pants territory during your first operative OPTEC session”

Ashani | 3rd Year Rep

Likes: Chicken Biryani and Mango Lassi (and no I'm not Indian) Wanted to be a Doctor/Surgeon but decided on dent when she got in the first time and didn't wanna go through GAMSAT + Interview again! Oh, hell no!!!

Best dent experience: Oral Surg rotation @ SPH, Probably cause she’s so into surgery :/ Advice for first years? “Enjoy it while it lasts...try not to complain too much...and there're no such things as 4 HDs, weekends and holidays!!”

Borut | 3rd Year Rep

Like: Pasta - probably with tomato, garlic, olive oil and basil (In general, Italian food is better than German food - but don't tell Adrian!) and beer (shitloads)

Wanted to be a biologist or train driver, but decided after becoming a biologist, that many trains had departed and life was getting a bit boring, so thought he may as well become a dentist

Advice for first years? Some of these guys are playing dirty, so you better shut up and absorb. But whatever happens: first sleep over it and then act, but don't let them break you. through UDSS!

Claudia “Clouds” | 2nd Year Rep

Likes: lasagne, pizza, noodles, Katsu chicken don buri: anything dense with carbohydrates! & cappuccino, carbonated apple juice, green tea

Wanted to be a dentist, momentarily an anaesthetist, and I'll always secretly wish to be a mermaid and finally decided to be a dentist to have the opportunity to treat a wide variety of patients of all ages and demographics, and every appointment will be different Best dent experience: The gratitude and appreciation her first ever clinical patient expressed when she received her full/full dentures, as well as meeting a fantastic group of fellow students across all year groups

Advice for first years?

“Focus on developing your hand skills and

Evie | 5th Year Rep

Likes: The peanut toffee cookie marvellous creations (clearly Mr. Cadbury was looking out for my waistline rather than his profits when he discontinued production) and 1 part sugarfree sunkist, 1 part sprite zero. On the rocks; stirred, not shaken.

Wanted to be a PE teacher but ended up in dentistry.

Best dent experience: Fun sock Thursday.

Advice for first years? “The other career option you were toying with is a better plan than dentistry “

Also:

Michael Wu| Webmaster Greg Crane | Alumni Rep Anam Khan | 1st year rep

Daniel Zhang |1st year rep

Bojan Sevo | 2nd year rep

Taborsky | 5th year rep

Elisia

UDSS Dental

B2014 Senior Social

Anna Buckeridge

y the end of the year, most of the students and staff at OHCWA just want to journey as far away from dental-related activities as possible, only to return when summoned! However, the much anticipated Annual Dental Ball gave us some motivation to power through all those frantic end-of year clinical sessions and endless exams.

As we all gathered at the Hyatt Hotel, looking sharp and enjoying the Japanese ambience, dental school was forgotten and replaced with a definite readiness to celebrate. Everyone that attended called upon those energy reserves they never knew they had and it fuelled what was a vibrant and memorable evening.

Dinner 2014

Representatives | & Vernice Lo

The evening’s many highlights included being entertained by martial artists and the 2014 Dental Video, which was utter perfection – cheers to Cindy, Nick, Yousr and Ricky for all your efforts. The photobooth, backdrop and roaming photographers were kept very busy, but there were still many sneaky selfies taken! Guests were replenished with Japaneseinfluenced food and drink, and many hours were spent in the middle of the dance floor, relaxing and simply enjoying each other’s company.

We loved bringing the Rising Sun to you all, and we know that this year’s event is going to be outstanding!

Keep smiling :)

Anna buckeridge & Vernice Lo | 2014 Senior Social Representatives

Table tennis tournament

ESports and wellbeing representatives | Michael Yuan & Lionel thompson

very semester, the friendly table for table tennis turns into a battlefield for multiple weeks. Friendships discarded, respect withheld, professionalism suspended, the Table Tennis Tournament brings out the competitive nature of fiery dental students.

In the early stages, students of all skill levels participate and enjoy a friendly game of table tennis. However, in the later rounds of the tournament, stakes are much higher. Players start bringing in

their own customized paddles and balls in order to gain that slight competitive advantage.

Although games are intense and competitive, everyone remembers their sportsmanship after the games and congratulates each other for the game and effort. This tournament has always been a unique and casual setting for all dental students to interact and meet other year groups. This year, will someone finally de-throne UWA Champ, Chenyu Liu?

Michael yuan | sports and wellbeing representative sport@udss.net

UDSS c/- OHCWA

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