2015 #3

UDSS 2015 Committee

President Adrian Sciarrone

Vice President Chin-Hang Rose Kong

Treasurer Teresa Chang

Secretary Mei Ling Koh

Education Representatives

Senior Social Representatives

Junior Social Representatives

Sports Representatives

Media Representative

Lena Qiu

Rebecca Penco

Thiviya Sivapatham Elke Rijks

Keenan Inderjeeth

Reezan Yousuf

Michael Yuan

Claire Waldock

Webmaster Michael Wu

Alumni Representative

Class Representatives

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 5

Immediate Past President

Greg Crane

Daniel Zhang

Anam Khan

Luke Newman

Claudia Marino

Daniel Hunt

Elisia Taborsky

Evie Kierath

Jonathon Lo

Editor’s note

Well, we all made it through the killer 13 week run that is the first half of second semester hopefully unscathed with only 7 weeks of dentistry for the DMDs to go for this year! So much has gone on in OHCWA from the events, to the UniFi, to the fantastic news of future renovations of the common room. Well that’s all from me, have a great mid sem break, and good luck for the final stretch of this year!

Claire Claire Waldock | UDSS Media Representative media@udss.net

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Media Representative

Claire Waldock

President’s Report

UDSS President | Adrian Sciarrone

quiz night was one of my best nights out all yearso a big thanks to the social reps and the ed reps for putting these together. Now, the assignments are building up and I gotta hit the books.

Till next time!

Adrian sciarrone | UDSS President president@udss.net

UDSS

c/- OHCWA

17 Monash Ave, Nedlands WA 6009

deliver a fantastic lecture on peri-implantitis, which was extremely successful as KJG Sutherland lecture theatre was literally three seats away from being full. Thanks to the Ed reps, Guild and UWA we now have unifi working in KJG Sutherland lecture theatre – again previously unheard of! There is a whole lot more to report, but let’s leave it to the last issue!

One thing that absolutely has to be mentioned is that the UDSS has been successful in their application for the UWA Alumni Grant – securing $30,000 to renovate our common room! AGAIN, previously unheard of! A massive thank you to our VicePresident Chin-Hang Rose Kong and her husband Andy for putting so much work into the application – it would not have been possible without you!

GV Black’s cocktail night was a blast, and our annual

G V Black’s Cocktail Party

ern dentistry and a classy soirée at Llama bar have in common?

s right, the 2nd (after dent dinner) biggest UDSS event of the year, GV Black’s!!! A highlight of the dental calendar, this celebration of GV Black’s birthday provides the hard working dent students with a chance to let their

Junior Social Representatives | Keenan Inderjeeth & Reezan Yousuf

Needless to say, the dent students lived up to all expectations, all swaggering in with style. A true achievement on a dent student budget!

The event was a great success with a massive turnout, with a big thanks to our junior social reps and all others that helped in the lead up and on the night of the event.

- Written by Claire Waldock

UDSS Sports Day #2

Sports and wellbeing representative | Michael

Yuan

Bright and early (well, 9am but dent students don’t get many sleep-ins) on the 11th July everyone gathered together for a morning of fun and fitness. With an expert display of sporting finesse by some and a...little less for others, everyone felt encouraged by the great display of teamwork and sportsmanship on the day.

Starting with a good few rounds of dodgeball, the day then progressed to volleyball and finished with indoor soccer. There was a great turnout and everyone had a fantastic morning for the last sports day of the year. Thanks to everyone involved in organising this great day!!!

- Written By Claire Waldock

ADSA 2015 Dental

was dampened slightly upon arrival where we were not allowed to check in to our hotels on arrival due to a miscommunication.

Having flown out from Perth at 10pm and arrived at the hotel at 5am, we were all looking very forward to a bit of a sleep before the first day of conferences. Instead, we wandered along the Cairns esplanade, watching the sun come up along the east coast. Needless to say it was very difficult to concentrate during the seminars as most of us had very little sleep.

joint wear, Botox injections around the face typically used for maintaining youthful appearance and the injection of dermal filler into the lips.

Student Convention

However, it is no secret socialising is also a very big part of the dental student convention and it was a very interesting experience socialising with dental students from other dental schools around Australia and building our dental networks from the start of our education.

Personally, I found it very interesting to speak to the other students and to compare courses and where we were all at in our education albeit a little annoying that people my age were in their penultimate year and very close to becoming graduate dentists (which they did not fail to brag about to no end).

The highlight of the trip for myself was definitely the trip to the Great Barrier Reef, which ADSA had organised for us as part of the convention.

Most amusing was probably that the ferry ran out of vomit bags on the way to the island and had to hand out cups to all the passengers but luckily there were those of lucky enough to have fallen asleep for the one hour trip there.

Overall, I think I speak on behalf of all of us that went when I say the money and the efforts spent on making this trip happen were very worthwhile as we all gained a lot from this experience.

Peri-implantitis lecture

By Professor Lisa Heitz

Back in July this year, the UDSS was able to provide all students with the amazing opportunity to learn the latest about peri-implantitis by Professor Lisa HeitzMayfield, a world-renowned expert.

vention and Management of Biological and Hardware Complications in Implant Dentistry.

Professor Heitz-Mayfield, an Adelaide graduate, obtained a Masters in Periodontology (1996) from Lund University, Sweden and went on to complete a PhD in 1998 on periodontal and peri-implant regeneration.

She received a scholarship at the Brånemark Osseointegration Centre, Sweden, and an ITI scholarship at the University of Berne, Switzerland where she subsequently became Head of the Oral Microbiology Research Laboratory, 1999-2003. During this time she received the André Schroeder Research Prize in Implant Dentistry. She has more than 45 publications in peer reviewed international journals and is author of the Peri-implant infection chapter of the latest edition of the Jan Lindhe Textbook: Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry. Professor Heitz-Mayfield has coauthored the latest ITI Treatment Guide on Pre-

Her current positions include Adjunct Professor at the International Research Collaborative, The University of Western Australia, Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, and at The University of Hong Kong. She is Chairman of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) Australasian section, Chair of the ITI Research Committee and member of the ITI Board of Directors. Professor HeitzMayfield is active in research in implant dentistry and periodontology and has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally. She maintains a specialist periodontal practice in Perth, Western Australia.

The event had a massive turnout. Kenneth J Sutherland lecture theatre was packed with students from all years (and staff) eager to expand their knowledge on a subject that is ever-growing with the rise in use of dental implants.

- Written By Adrian Sciarrone & Claire Waldock

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