2013fall ucsc pds issue03 newsletter

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at University of California Santa Cruz

Pre-Dental Society

In this issue Announcements Meeting Dates Member Dues Myth vs. Fact DAT Practice Question Member of the Month Specialty Corner Upcoming Events

Issue 03, Fall 2013Biweekly Newsletter, Thursday, 07NOV13

More inside!

A tooth that has beenknocked out starts to diewithin 15 minutes, but if

you put it in milk or hold itin your mouth it willsurvive longer. See a

dentist ASAP!

Fun Fact!


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Announcements

! Winter Priority enrollment starts on Thursday,November 14, 2013. Check your portal for your

designated date and time. Make sure you plan ahead

to avoid unnecessary headaches by not getting into a

class.

! Octobers Member of the Month was just awarded.Make sure to be active on any PDS events, socials, and

meetings to be considered for future nominations.

Meeting Dates

!Wednesday, Oct 09, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm@ Muwekma Ohlone conference room,Bay Tree 3rdfloor

!Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm@ Redwood Lounge

!Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm@ Muwekma Ohlone conference room,Bay Tree 3rdfloor

"Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm@ Muwekma Ohlone conference room,Bay Tree 3rdfloor

Myth vs. Fact

Myth: Smoking cant cause your teeth to fall out..Fact: Smoking can wreak havoc in your mouth. Smokersare many times more likely to develop gum disease,larger deposits of tartar on their teeth, cavities (due todrier mouth) and eventual tooth loss (from periodontaldisease). Recent studies have identified cigarette smokingas a major independent risk factor for periodontaldisease. Cigarette smoking more than doubled the rate oftooth loss for an individual, and increased the possibilityof becoming completely toothless by 4 times.

Member Dues

"Becoming a PDS member can have lotsof benefits! And its not too late to join!

"Yearly due is $25, or quarterly for $10.


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DAT

Practice Question

Survey of the Natural Sciences:

Organic Chemistry

An sp3 carbon atom that has a

completely asymmetric

arrangement of four substituent

groups is called

a conformer.

a chiral center.

a reactive center.

a stereomer.

B

C

D

Specialty Corner

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

This field of dentistry focuses on surgeries

performed in the mouth, face, and jaw.

Reconstructive surgery and dental implants are

included.

October

Member of the Month

Kathleen Nguyen


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Upcoming ventspcoming vents


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Answer to DAT Practice Question:

An sp3 carbon atom that has a completely asymmetric

arrangement of four substituent groups is called a chiral

center (b).

An asymmetrically substituted sp3 carbon atom is

optically active and rotates the plane of plane-polarizedlight either clockwise or counterclockwise.

The order of priority of substituents about the axis of one

of the bonds is either clockwise or counter-clockwise. The

atom is thus described as having handedness or chirality, as in left-handed or

right-handed. It is a chiral center. A conformer is a conformational isomer, such as the chair and boat conformations of thecyclohexane ring. It is a reactive center only if it is the location in the molecule at which a particular reaction occurs, which

is not always the case. Stereomer, or stereoisomer, describes the relative configurations of two or more chiral centers in amolecule.

UCSC Pre-Dental Society

For questions & concerns about the newsletter, please contact John Sy, UCSC PDS Vice President at [email protected].

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