2022 Probe #1

probe UDSS

MARCH

issue 1

cont 2

president's address

4

a message from your media reps

5

meet the committee

6

education report

14

prime & bond

16

ents 18

sports report

20

volunteering opportunities

22

adsa report

24

navigating covid-19

26

udss upcoming events

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welc president's address Welcome to the first issue of the Probe for 2022! I’d like to thank Ethan and the rest of the 2021 UDSS committee for their wonderful efforts. This year we welcome another fantastic committee, to ensure students are being well

represented

and

are

provided

with

ample

opportunities

to

enjoy

themselves outside of dental school.

This year will be challenging in many respects, particularly as we get updates to the COVID-19 SAR. It is important that we look out for ourselves and each other as we navigate the year’s ups and downs! Your hard-working year reps, Viren and Shivangi (DMD1), Carly and Liam (DMD2), Evan and Steven (DMD3) and Ebony and Bede (DMD4) are here if you ever have questions or concerns, so please get in touch with them if you need.

Youssef and Selina organised the first event for the year, our annual ‘Intro to Dentistry’. The series of lectures on the different dental specialties gave the DMD1 and 2 students a taste of what they will learn over the next few years. I’m sure many are looking forward to the Journal Club events that will follow during the year.

Our first social event, Prime and Bond, was a great success. It presented an opportunity for all years to get to know each other and enjoy not thinking about teeth for a change! Hats off to our social reps Belinda and Lilly for organising it. We also recently had our introduction event for the ADSA volunteering program Healthy Mouths Brighter Smiles, organised by Shi Han. I highly

recommend

those

who

are

interested

to

get

in

contact

and

help

contribute to this worthy cause!

If I had an office, I would say that my door is always open. If there’s something you need to talk to me about, don’t hesitate to ask. Let’s make this year the best we can!

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Thomas Mahoney UDSS President 2022

come a message from your media reps It is our pleasure to present to you

all

the

first

instalment

of

Probe, our very own dental student magazine!

We'd like to extend our gratitude to

you

this

all

for

trusting

role.

As

both

students,

the

Facebook

pages

UDSS

us

with

interstate

Instagram

were

our

and

first

perceptions of UWA Dental School, so

we

know

how

important

social

media is for a university club. We will try our best to capture and display

all

the

wonderful

things

that happen this year!

For now, find a nice quiet place to read and reflect on a hectic first couple of months of dental school!

Sarah Phang & Peter Nguyen

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meet the c president

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Running Thomas MAHONEY

vice president

Where do you call home?

Sydney, NSW

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Go out to eat and play tennis ☻ Amy ZHANG

secretary

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Have a lovely long sleep in and a Shi Han SU

treasurer

fun game of tennis!

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Pilates followed by brunch

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Laura GABRIEL

committee immediate past president

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Glass of red wine and some trashy TV Ethan LLOYD

alumni rep

comedy show

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

I love spending my weekend cooking a Lili OMARI

dmd-4 year rep

meal

to

share

with

my

family

and

friends!

Where do you call home?

Bunbury, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Taking my dog to the beach or river to Ebony GRIGO

dmd-4 year rep

live her best life & binge watching bad TV shows

Where do you call home?

Wellington, New Zealand

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Go jogging in Kings Park Bede VAN SCHAIJIK

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meet the c dmd-3 year rep

Where do you call home?

I can do it anywhere, I have a mobile phone.

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Evan Cvitkovic

dmd-3 year rep

Hang out with the crows that visit me on my balcony

Where do you call home?

Melbourne, VIC

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Hanging Steven CHIEN

dmd-2 year rep

out

with

friends

and

playing

badminton!

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Beach Carly PINTAUDI

dmd-2 year rep

trips

and

spending

time

with

friends and family

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Cook

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Liam MEINEMA

food

(@mein.food)

for

my

food

Instagram

committee dmd-1 year rep

Where do you call home?

Wherever my family is

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Sleep in and hopefully wake up in time Shivangi SHARMA

dmd-1 year rep

for sunset at the beach

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

I love playing cricket on the weekends Viren CHHABRA

education rep

in summer with my mates, enjoying the warm sun all day

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Latte art.. can make a good coffee but Selina KWOK

education rep

my pour is still a bit abstract

Where do you call home?

Home

is

Simodont

♥︎

where

the

heart

belongs:

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Youssef FRANCIS

Enjoying the beautiful Perth weather and trying new foods ☻

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meet the c senior social rep

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Sleep in, visit new food places that Sarah BOON

senior social rep

I saw on instagram, and spoil my dog :)

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Playing volleyball or hanging out by Anh NGUYEN

junior social rep

the beach and reading my favourite books!

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Hanging out with my puppy or trying Belinda LUU

junior social rep

new burger places

Where do you call home?

Melbourne, VIC

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Swimming

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Lilly LIU

committee media rep

Where do you call home?

Melbourne, VIC

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Sleeping & exploring new food places Sarah PHANG

media rep

Where do you call home?

Melbourne, VIC

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Watching TikToks all day, for research Peter NGUYEN

sports rep

purposes as Media Rep

Where do you call home?

Sri Lanka

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Hiking pretty trails, sunset swims and Shenelli CROOS DaBRERA

sports rep

trying new types of cuisines

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

I Namodee WITHANAGE

love

walking

my

dog!

As

well

as

relaxing with friends and family ☻

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meet the

committee adsa rep

Where do you call home?

Esperance, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Playing Jim RAE

footy

(during

AFL

season)

and

getting away in the ute to sneak in some fishing and camping with my furry girl Pirri

research rep

Where do you call home?

Sydney, NSW

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Drawing whilst listening to music, a good Pauline WONG

gym

workout,

lunches

after

work,

sightseeing, and building up my general knowledge

webmaster

Where do you call home?

Perth, WA

Favourite thing to do on the weekend?

Finding new places eat and explore, or Edmund WONG

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simply relaxing at home and *yawn taking a nice long Zzzzz...

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Ryan Leung (DMD4) presents on Prosthodontics

ed Introduction DMD3

Dr Gurbuxani discusses polishing restorations

Broadway Pizza, a crowd favourite

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S

ducation report

Jan 18

to Dentistry & DMD4 Students

The a

first

series

each

of

event

to

start

short

presentations

discipline

of

students

shared

dental

off

the

was

introducing

dentistry. their

year

Our

senior

experience

and

advice for getting through the year ahead.

We

had presentations from: Ryan Leung

Priya Krishnan

Bree Reynolds

Shi Han Su

Ethan Lloyd

Lili Omari

Yasmine Mishani

Scott Santarossa

Hayden Jones

Emma Thwaites

Thomas Mahoney Dr

Ball

about

and

how

Dr

Gurbuxani

the

from

ADAWA

talked

supports

dental

of

a

association

students

and

the

student

member.

benefits This

being

includes

ADA

scholarships

and complementary attendance to CPD courses.

Feb 9

Spit & Polish Dr Amit Gurbuxani

Dr Gurbuxani was our guest speaker for the first

Journal

finishing bought and

and

along

wheels

basics

and

club,

covering

polishing different

to

show

sharing

of

topic

of

restorations.

He

burs,

the

polishing

students.

Teaching

hint

tips

and

disc

us

which

the they

can applied immediately in clinic.

Keep

an

eye

out

for

the

next

Journal

Club

on

the UDSS education Facebook page!

Youssef FRANCIS & Selina KWOK Education Reps

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prime &

On

bond

Saturday

26th

of

Captain

February,

down

to

first

event

year,

we

DMD1s

&

were

able

to

make

some

just

how

fun

life

outside

of

had 2s

Stirling

the

year:

a

record

in

we

for

prime

all

headed

UDSS’

annual

and

breaking

attendance,

and

new

we

bond! number hope

friends of

This of they

and

dental

see

school

can be!

On

the

and

night,

lots

of

(including lots

of

had

from

from

DMD3, the

numerous

drink

specials

finger

food

for

early

sliders,

and

most

importantly,

like

to

chips).

Dylan, helping

we

We’d

FoxxCreative our event

event come

the

DJ,

Le

Xuan

photographer,

for

as

thank

comers

well

together

as

smoothly

and

for creating a truly magical atmosphere.

Stay

tuned

for

our

next

cocktail

Black

where

we

look

forward

to

event,

partying

GV

with

you again!

Belinda LUU & Lilly LIU Junior Social Reps

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netball.

E FENDERS D L A T N E D

spo Social

sports

th

great start with 4 di

We have 2 soccer team and

1

netball

happening have

at

team,

UWA

players

mai

with

experience, from begi Back:

David Hora, Maggie Wang, Rohan Manaloor, Ryan "DJ Skyhigh" Leung Front: Kaylee Wong, Namodee Withanage, Gia-Long Nguyen, Monnie Abbas, Peter Nguyen

We’re

hearing

so

man

social

sports

and

can

of

join

you

everyone Back:

Jasmin Htun, Erin Miller, Audrey Yee, Nichola Eliott, Jade Tan Front: Rohan Manaloor, Ryan "DJ Skyhigh" Leung, Monnie Abbas, Gia-Long Nguyen

us

in

from

S

all

welcome!

UPCOMING EVENTS We

have

year

–

various

event

starting

wit

Podiatry Badminton Co had wait

a

HUGE to

court. playing,

amount

of

see

some

d

Even

if

yo

come

down

t

your mates 😊 A M L A LIANCE G L A M A

Stay

tuned

for

more

up soon!

v

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lleyball.

Shenelli Croos DaBrer Sports Rep

orts

report

is

year

is

off

to

Back:

Pahul Gill, Jaskaran Dhillon, Chris Zhu, Jonathan Poon, Sai Manikyanivas Front: Pratik Kapoor, Peter Nguyen, Abhi Bisht

a

ifferent teams!

ms, 1 volleyball team

,

with

weekly

in

campus.

games

The

various

teams

levels

of

inner to experienced.

ny

good

n’t

things

wait

emester

to 2!

skill

C T E E T D O CESC R P N U

about

see

more

Remember,

levels

is

f

tball.

PLAQUE ATTACK

ts

lined

h

the

up

for

this

Dentistry

vs.

omp in April! We have interest ent

rep

ou're

to

out

not

watch

sports

and

cannot on

the

keen

on

and

support

events

coming (L-R): Nikhil Thomas, Andrew Chang, Ashton Foo, Gurjyot Johal, Connor Hachey, Aaron D’Amico

ra

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volunteering o is an initiative which brings volunteer dental students out to throughout

WA

to

run

interactive

low

socioeconomic

sessions

schools

centered

on

the

importance of oral hygiene.

There is a strong evidence based correlation between regions of low

socioeconomic

particularly childhood as to

in

make

primary

caries

children

caries

in

is

with

their

a

status the

and

high

prevalence

school

aged

children.

Additionally,

of

in

best

caries

are

permanent

difference

for

predictor three

rimes

teeth. these

caries

more

likely

Therefore,

children

of

this

through

caries,

adulthood, to

develop

program

aims

education

for

prevention.

The sessions are around 45 minutes long and include topics such as why having “healthy teeth and healthy mouths” are important, identification

of

common

oral

and

how

acids

and

caries

and

health sugars

problems can

like

lead

to

gingivitis

dental

decay.

Volunteers also get the opportunity to lead activities with the children including guessing sugar content in common soft drinks and

juices,

“tooth

your

own

adventure”

mini

games

and

plaque

disclosing alongside demonstrating correct brushing techniques.

So

far,

and

our

program

despite

the

has

reached

challenges

of

both

metro

COVID,

and

last

rural

year

schools,

we

ran

11

where

to

sessions, and hope to run even more this year!!

We

always

sign

up,

welcome join

our

more FB

volunteers

group

“WA

so

Healthy

to

learn

Mouths,

about

Brighter

Volunteers”, and we can’t wait to see you around!!

Shi Han SU Program Co-ordinator + UDSS Secretary

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Smiles

opportunities

Emma Turner (L) and Xin Jie Tan (R) running a session

Primary schoolers pose with Craig the Croc

Sally Tan teaching primary school students about giant toothpastes

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ADSA r ADSA Convention - Melbourne Our

most

the

anticipated

year

Convention

event

ADSA 2022

is

of

Melbourne coming

soon!

🦷😱 From

the

1st

to

4th

July,

our

convention

will

consist

of

four

jam-packed

days,

where

you

get

to

learn

minds

in

fellow the

from

the

best

Australia, dental

country,

dentistry

network

students

and

not

with

across

to

forget,

the banging social events! 💃🚢 Early

bird

tickets

are

releasing

on

29th

alarms ⏱🐓 Don’t miss out as tickets sell out fast! 👀 Josephine SANTOSO ADSA Media Sub-committee

Dentist for a Day The ADSA ‘Dentist for a Day’ Program is a partnership

with

@generaldentalresidency

r u n n i n g t h r o u g h o u t F e b & M a r c h ! 👩🏽‍⚕️🦷 Students

are

paired

with

a

clinician

to

observe them at their dental practice.

This

observation

program

aimed

to

give

students the opportunity to learn outside the

classroom

and

gain

valuable

exposure,

while

offering

chance

impart

their

to

clinical

clinicians

wisdom

to

future

dentists and oral health therapists.

Josephine SANTOSO ADSA Media Sub-committee

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the

April

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report ADSA eBook ADSA

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and

we

want

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Blood Drive The ADSA Lifeblood Donation challenge is well underway!

As future young health professionals, there are many ways that we

can

do

donating

our

bit

blood,

and

plasma

give

back

and

to

the

platelets

wider is

community…

just

a

couple

and of

wonderful ways that we can do this!

At current, the team at Griffith University is well ahead with a is

massive

34

currently

donations on

a

hot

which

equates

streak

in

to

5th

102

lives

position

saved!

at

10

UWA

total

donations with 30 lives saved.

Keeping in mind how busy we can get with study and life, it is fantastic

to

see

how

engaged

our

students

are

across

the

country in this great initiative.

Jim RAE ADSA Rep for UWA Dental School

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navigating

covid-19 COVID-19 has finally hit the west coast and it is something that has been stressing us DMD4’s, for one reason or another. While this stress has the potential to engulf us, it also has the potential to propel us into becoming resilient clinicians, if we decide to harness it the right way. Here are some hard truths and tips on how you can make the most of the rest of the year.

In the past, if a patient cancelled or if we finished early, it was tempting to just leave and have a relaxing night off at the beach. That was when we had the luxury to do so. But now, as we are reaching the end of our course, we need to maximise every single minute we are at OHCWA. In this free time, go and observe the DCD students up on first floor (if they don’t mind), learn all the lab tricks from the amazing lab techs, assist DMD2 and 3’s and take the time to teach them along the way (testing your own memory), or pick the brains of the tutors who aren’t busy.

If you see someone else struggling, offer up your time to help them get there too. We are at the stage where we need to take things into our own hands and push ourselves over the finish line – we will get there, if we work for it together.

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Anonymous, DMD4

Pauline Wong, DMD4

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upcoming

udss events UDSS vs. PMSS Badminton

Sports Day

31st: Final day for ADSA Blood Drive

clinics to

communities Clinics to Communities (C2C) is a programme that involves dental students 🦷🥼 taking part in practical oral health education 👨‍🏫 and health promotion 🎉 in community facilities, such as schools, aged care homes and so on. 🏥 🏘 🚌 This will better equip dental students to understand aspects such as barriers and enablers to care for different populations and to see the difference between teaching and reality.

Look out for Mac Molar on Instagram, as he continues to learn about taking care of his healthy teeth!

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Thanks to our 2022

sponsors

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talk to us!

UDSS - University Dental Students' Society @udssuwa UWA Dental Student's Society (UDSS) udss.media.officer@gmail.com http://www.udss.online University Dental Students' Society 17 Monash Ave Nedlands, Western Australia All photo credits to their respective owners.

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