2014 winter pds @ ucsc issue 04 newsletter

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at University of California Santa Cruz

Pre-Dental Society

In this issue

• Announcements

• Meeting Dates

• Myth vs. Fact

• DAT Practice Question

• Member of the Month

• Member Dues

• Specialty Corner

• Upcoming Events

• Calendar

Issue 04, Winter 2014Biweekly Newsletter, Friday, 28FEB14

More inside!

Certain cheesesincluding Aged

Cheddar, Swiss, andMonterey Jack have

been found to protectteeth from decay.

Fun Fact!



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Annoucements

• Meeting Canceled

o Due to the power outage at the Quarry the meeting on

Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 was canceled, we apologize for any

inconvenience this may have caused.

o We will reschedule for the Kaplan representative to come

next quarter.

• Crew-neck Sweatshirts

o Our new PDS crew-neck sweatshirts have arrived!

o If you mentioned that you wanted to purchase one, you

may coordinate with Katherine Panopio for a meet up.

o You may also pick it up during our meeting on

Thurs, Mar. 13, 2014.

• Last meeting of the quarter

o It’s not too late to get involved! Our last meeting for the

winter quarter will be on Thursday, March 13, 2014 from

7:30pm-8:30pm at the Cervantes Velasquez Conference

Room, 3rd floor in the Bay Tree. See you there!

Winter Meeting Dates

!Thursday, Jan 16, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm

@ Muwekma Ohlone conference room,

Bay Tree 3rd floor

!Thursday, Jan 30, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm

@ Cervantes Velasquez conference

room, Bay Tree 3rd floor

!Thursday, Feb 13, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm

@ Cervantes Velasquez conference


!Thursday, Feb 27, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm

@ Muwekma Ohlone conference room,

Bay Tree 3rd floor

!Thursday, Mar 13, 2014, 7:30-8:30pm@ Cervantes Velasquez conference


Myth vs. FactMyth: I don’t smoke so I can’t get oral cancer.

Fact: It has been established that tobacco is the primary cause of oral cancer,which for 90% of all cases. Smokers are 6 times more likely to develop oral

cancers than non-smokers. However, even non-smokers can get oral cancer.

The risk factors for oral cancer, aside from tobacco use include alcohol use,

exposure to sunlight (especially for lip cancer), age (incidence of oral

cancer rises steadily with age), gender (men are twice as likely as women

to get oral cancer), and race (African Americans are twice as likely as

Caucasians to get oral cancer). While smokers fall into the highest risk

category, it is highly recommended that everyone be screened routinely

for oral cancers.



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DAT

Practice Question

Specialty CornerPedodontics (Pediatric Dentistry)

This field of

dentistry focuses on

the dental health

and treatment of

children from birth

through

adolescence.

Member Dues

A

B

C

D

Bonding anddelocalization ofthe p orbital

electrons

Resonance

destabilization

Non-aromaticity

Steric Strain

January

Member of the Month

Tiffany Vanichviroon

Survey of the Natural

Sciences: Organic Chemistry

Side-by-side overlap of p

orbitals in a molecular

structure results in? o If you would like to pay your member dues, please

contact our Treasurer, Katherine Panopio.

o Quarterly membership from last quarter has expired.

o If you have already paid your annual dues and have not

received either your shirt or binder please contact our

Vice President, John Sy.



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Upcoming ventspcoming vents



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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

President’s Day Withdraw from

Class Ends

Mock Interview

Day

UCSF

ImpressionsConference

23 24 25 26 27 28 1

Board Meeting GENERALMEETING:

Kaplan Rep

Social:Ice Skating

Volunteer:MESA Day

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Volunteer:

Run or Dye

9 10 11 12 13 14 15Board Meeting GENERAL

MEETING

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

St. Patrick’s Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

February

March2014

Legend

[ ] General Meeting [ ] Volunteer / Community Service

[ ] Board Meeting [ ] Social

[ ] Other Events [ ] Holiday



Contact us…

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5191818103/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/predentalslugs

Website: http://predentalslugs.blogspot.com

E-mail: mailto:[email protected]

“Keeping it flossy since 2007”

Answer to DAT Practice Question:

Side-by-side overlap of p orbitals in a molecular

structure results in bonding and delocalizaton of the p

orbital electrons. (a) The main bond between the sp or sp2

hybridized atoms is the sigma bond directly between them.

A second bond is formed between the two atoms by the

sideways overlap of the adjacent p orbitals. This is called a

pi bond. Electrons in the adjacent p orbitals are able to

move freely, or delocalize, through the pi bond system.

Pre-Dental Society at UCSC

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

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