Pre-Dental Society

at University of California Santa Cruz

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

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

Fun Fact!
A tooth that has been knocked out starts to die within 15 minutes, but if you put it in milk or hold it in your mouth it will survive longer. See a dentist ASAP!

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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.
!Wednesday, Oct 09, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm @ Muwekma Ohlone conference room, Bay Tree 3rd floor ! Wednesday, Oct 23, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm @ Redwood Lounge !Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm @ Muwekma Ohlone conference room, Bay Tree 3rd floor " Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013, 7:30-8:30pm @ Muwekma Ohlone conference room, Bay Tree 3rd floor

Meeting Dates

Member Dues
" Becoming a PDS member can have lots of benefits! And its not too late to join! " Yearly due is $25, or quarterly for $10.

Myth vs. Fact

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

October Member of the Month

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

Kathleen Nguyen

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.

a conformer.

a chiral center.

a reactive center.

a stereomer.

Upcoming Events

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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-polarized light 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 the cyclohexane 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 a

molecule.

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