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utsd ASDA
newsletter

Skiing and networking at
the District 9 Meeting
Kelsey Edmondson
A few of the ASDA officers
went to Breckenridge, Colorado Feb 7-
10 for the ASDA District 9 meeting. We
met with representatives from OU,
University of Colorado, UTHSC-SA, and
Baylor, the other schools in D9. The
weekend was full of meetings and getting
to know each other, all while enjoying
Breckenridge to boot. I think its safe to
say weve all caught another case of
ASDA Fever.
Most of the attendees arrived
Thursday evening, trickling in as flights
arrived and our wonderful hosts from the
University of Colorado chauffeured us
the 2 hour drive to the lodge that would
serve as our weekend home. Friday
morning and afternoon we were on our
own to meet and ski with the other
District 9 members. After getting to
know several of them, Id say D9 is
mighty fine, and there are some other
very busy and successful ASDA chapters
in our district. Dinner Friday was
sponsored by Heartland Dental. After
dinner, we listened to some great
lectures by national ASDA vice presidents
Ben Youel (UIC) and Alex Barton
(Virginia Commonwealth University) on
developing your ASDA chapters brand
and involving your local pre-dental

Welcome to the second UTSD ASDA Newsletter!

With a new year upon us, there are many new events and socials for us to
tell you about.

As you read through the article, you will learn about the recent District
Colorado Meeting and even a little about the DS1 Gross Anatomy
course!

As always, we encourage feedback and, if you would like to write an
article for future newsletters then please contact us.

Finally, thank you for all of the support from the staff and students at UT
Houston School of Dentistry!



The Houston Fill
Edition 2: Spring 2013
Inside this Edition
Welcome .P. 1
District 9 Colorado
Meeting..P.1-2
Save The Date.P.2
Letter from the PresidentP. 3
Movember.P. 4
ASDA Dodgeball...P. 5
Recipe of the Week.P.6


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Save the Date

organization, respectively. Then we
heard from Taylor Koren (Legislative
Liaison - Baylor) on the current
involvement of ASDA in legislative
advocacy and government affairs. Later
in the evening we had a social hour with
Dr. Clint Herzog, DDS of FLOSS,
despite his ER-worthy injuries from a
rough day on the slopes. Despite heavy
snow all day Saturday we gathered for
dinner sponsored by Medical Protective.
Do you know the difference between
occurrence and claims-made insurance?
Id be lying if I said I did, but Austin
Holler from MedPro is there to answer
this and all of our other questions when
these kind of questions arise. Dinner was
followed by some incredibly entertaining
and informative lectures by dentists Dr.
Chris Salierno, DDS of the Curious
Dentist blog and Dr. Ryan Dulde, DDS,
former ASDA president. Dr. Salierno
taught us the key features of a successful
meeting and Dr. Dulde told us about
transitioning from student to dentist
and how to manage your finances in
the meantime. Both Dr. Salierno (New
York) and Dr. Dulde (Wisconsin) run
successful practices and have made it
through the student-dentist transition
to come out on top. Check out
Thecurioiusdentist.com
<http://Thecurioiusdentist.com> or
Dr. Duldes blog Excursives.com
<http://Excursives.com> to read up
on some of the information they
shared at the meeting. We then heard
testimonials from new dentists with
Pacific Dental on their experience with
the company. Saturday nights
meetings concluded with a reception
sponsored by Aspen Dental.
UTSD ASDA has lots of
improvements in the works and were
bringing some great ideas home! In
addition to the more structured
meetings and lectures, we had the
opportunity to exchange ideas with the
officers of the other D9 chapters. The
weekend went off without a hitch
(other than a slightly delayed flight
home) and we returned Sunday,
exhausted, but with full notebooks of
how to build up our chapter and make
ASDA more enjoyable for all of its
members. Look forward to some new
and exciting events for ASDA very
soon!


3/1 - UTHSC
SIC Volunteer
Event with
Houston Food
Bank

3/22 - Project
Saving Smiles
Volunteer Day

3/28 ASDA
Vendor Fair

4/27 - Healthy
Kids Day with
the YMCA

TBA - Star of
Hope Volunteer
event

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The University of Texas School of
Dentistry
American Student Dental Association
Officers
President: Sam Carrell 14
President-elect: Katie Sowa 15
Immediate Past President: Hannah Ye 13
First-year Delegate: J. Graham Reed 16
Treasurers: Grant Glauser 13 & Hunter Owen
15
Historian: Khushbu Patel 14
Outreach Coordinators: Kelly Beckham 13,
Lindsey Minor 13
Assistant Outreach Coordinators: Tim
Woernley 14, Kelsey Edmonson 15, Shivani
Patel 16
Legislative Liason: Coleman Meadows 13
Assistant Legislative Liasons: Bryce Gates 14,
Kyle Hale 16
Events/Meetings Coordinator: Aaron
Menchaca 14 & Andrew Smith 15
Assistant Events/Meetings Coordinator: Marisa
McKee 16
Pre-Dental Coordinators: Iliana Saavedra 15,
Paola Salazar 16
Publication Editors: Laura Nelson 16 &
Macey Cartrite 16
SPEA Liason: Nathalie Dunwoody 13
Website Manager: Andre Ngyuen 15

American Student Dental Association
Executive Committee
President: Colleen Greene, Harvard 13
Vice Presdient: Ben Youel, Illinois 13
Vice President: Alex Barton, Virginia 13
District 9 Trustee: Seth Brooks, Oklahoma 14

Welcome to the second edition
of the Houston Fill! We're delighted to con
tinue using this newsletter as a way to broa
dcast ASDA's voice to the entire UTSD fam
ily. We aim to supplement the national pub
lications, ASDA News and Mouth, in order
to keep you aware of what's going on at bot
h a national and local level within ASDA.
This past November nearly 400
dental students from around the country, in
cluding six UTSD students, convened in Ch
icago for ASDA's first-ever National Leader
ship Conference. At this meeting officers n
etwork with other dental students to build
professional relationships and gather new id
eas to take home to their local ASDA chapt
ers. Dozens of presenters provide informati
ve lectures and discussion sessions on a wid
e variety of topics, including organized dent
istry, leadership and management, career pl
anning and political advocacy. These session
s provide educational opportunities to atten
dees that supplement dental school, encour
aging students to become not only great cli
nicians but leaders in their schools and com
munities. All presentations given at NLC ar
e available online (www.asdanet.org/nlc) f
or each of you to review at your leisure. W
e had a terrific time and can't wait to send
more UTSD leaders to Chicago this fall!
In early March a total of twelve
ASDA at UTSD officers will attend Annual
Session in Atlanta. Annual Session is a four
day event held each spring in different cities
and is when much of the business of the nat
ional organization takes place. At ASDA's H
ouse of Delegates, the body which sets the a
ssociation's policies each year by voting on r
esolutions and referenda, UTSD will be rep
resented by two voting delegates: myself an
d Katie Sowa. To ensure a successful new y
ear, at Annual Session the House also elects
a new executive committee and speaker of
the House. Attendees are also exposed to n
ew developments in dentistry at an exhibit fair
with over 75 vendors and research poster sessio
ns. After all the hard work of the organization i
s completed, students celebrate with the red-ca
rpet-style Gold Crown Awards and the Preside
nt's Gala, a formal dinner dance. All twelve UT
SD attendees are excited to experience a busy,
informative and fun-filled week in Atlanta and
anticipate bringing back great ideas to impleme
nt here in Houston!
As ASDA members, all UTSD stude
nts have much to look forward to this spring.
On Thursday, March 28 we will be holding our
annual vendor fair right here in the Cooley Co
nference Center! So far dozens of vendors have
registered to visit with UTSD students and sha
re with us their knowledge, products and servi
ces. As in past years, we will be serving snacks
and refreshments, including a keg, and will hav
e a raffle with dozens of prizes. We hope to see
you all there! Soon after, on April 11, we will
have our annual family picnic. This annual even
t allows us to celebrate the end of a terrific yea
r with the entire ASDA/UTSD family. Stay tun
ed for more details.
I hope you find this newsletter infor
mative and engaging. If you have any questions
or ideas for ASDA, or if you're interested in get
ting involved with the organization, feel free to
speak to any of your ASDA at UTSD officers!
Best wishes,
Samuel Carrell, c/o 2014

Letter from
the president
Sam Carrell 14
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This past November
brought in a new perspective in
mens moustache abilities at the
University of Texas School of
Dentistry. The efforts of Moustache
Movember or just Movember, was
to raise awareness of Mens Health
Month. Movember is an organized
international movement that is
responsible for the sprouting of
moustaches on thousands of mens
faces, in the US and around the
world. With their Mo's, these men
raise vital awareness and funds for
men's health issues, specifically
prostate and testicular cancer
initiatives. Mo Bros effectively
become walking, talking billboards
for the 30 days of November.
Through their actions and words they
raise awareness by prompting private
and public conversation around the
often ignored issue of mens health.
Just a few weeks prior to
Movember we had the time capsule
opening which seemingly leaked a
blast from the past of facial hair
fashion from decades ago. In rolled
again the era of the moustache at the
UTDB/SD. Well at least for the
month. UTSD ASDA and Psi
Omega Dental Fraternity chapters
teamed up to fight for the cause by
organizing a public straight edge razor
shaving. The bold men donating their
face to the cause were, Dean Velenza,
Dr. Kenneth Abromavich, and Dr.
Gary Frey. This job was entrusted to
the professionally licensed straight edge
razor operators of Houstons elegant
Gentelmens Barber Shop, Shave. In a
matter of a lunch hour these iconic
bearded and goateed figures of UTSD
were shaved down to a moustache for
Movember. The spectacle caught the
attention of Meredith Raine, UTHealth
Media Relations, who was able to alert
the local channel 9 NewsFix interest.
Subsequently an entertaining bit of
UTSD ended up on the evening news.
More importantly the event
was able to raise over $1,400. This
number was an accumulation that
ranged from students donating loose
change to faculty making larger
contributions. The highest auction
amount for shaving of the faculty
came in for Dr. Freys jolly St. Nick
beard. Dr. Kimberly Rouna was the
highest single contributor. In
conjunction with her generous
donation she also shared a story of a
close friend who had suffered and
survived prostate cancer, reminding
us that the support and funds do make
a real difference when it comes to
research for prevention and
treatment.
This first annual Movember
was able to positively enrich tradition
of philanthropy at UTSD. It is our
greater hopes and ambitions to next
year include participation from the
other schools of the UTHealth
system. The Movember movement
was able to successfully achieve its
goals of raising donations and
awareness, but the true test of its
achievements will be measured in the
support of Mens Health for future
years to come.
UTSD Movember
By Bryce Gates

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ASDA Dodgeball
Laura Nelson
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Lunch and Learns
March 5th - Heartland Dental Care
March 6th- TDA Financial Services Insurance Program
March 12th - Medical Protective
March 27th- Pacific Dental Services


Weve all seen the classic
movie entitled Dodgeball: A True
Underdog Story. Comedic actors
such as Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller
dress up in spandex and battle for the
ultimate win. Although the sport
makes for good laughs, it also enticed
many ASDA members and UTSD
students to a night full of sweat and
lots of running around.
The annual ASDA Dodgeball
tournament was held at the REC
tennis courts this past February 2013.
The large turnout was met with fierce
competition as teams whirled plastic
balls over the tennis nets. The
premise of the game: knock out
members of the opposing team while
trying not to get hit by balls yourself.
The hardest part of the game, in my
opinion, was trying to launch light-
weight plastic balls towards the other
team. As you can guess, many balls
were caught in the air, which requires
the player who threw the ball to exit
the game. The sport did help to relieve
some academic pressures for a few
hours and many people sat on the
sidelines to enjoy Rice Crispy Treats,
Fruit Snacks, and Gatorades.
About 10 groups signed
up, all with creative team names of
course, and competed for positions
in the winning and losing brackets.
The sport lasted either for three
full games or until 11 minutes had
passed. Through many rounds of
double elimination, a final team
had out dodged the rest. Kevin
Baethge, Colt Riley, Bryce Gates,
Jimmy Le, Jennifer Ge, and Rachel
Speck won the tournament and
received Starbucks gift cards for
their efforts. The team members
celebrated and took photos at the
end of the games. Hopefully next
year will provide even more fun
and rivalry!




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Recipe of the Month
Chicken Fajita Sizzling Salad with Cilantro Line Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
12oz chicken breasts, cut into strips
1/2 onion, thinly sliced
1 zucchini, cut into sticks or 1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 Tablespoon canola or vegetable oil, divided
6 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 tomato, cut into wedges
1/2 avocado, chopped

Marinade:
juice of 1/2 lime
1/4 cup cilantro
2 Tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 garlic clove
salt & pepper


Directions:
1. Combine ingredients for Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette in a food processor or blender then process until smooth. Set aside.
2. Heat 1/2 Tablespoon oil in a large cast iron pot or skillet, or heavy-bottomed skillet on high. Carefully add in one layer of chicken on
the bottom and cook for 1 minute undisturbed. Heat until cooked through, about another minute or two. Remove chicken to a plate
and set aside.
3. Heat remaining 1/2 Tablespoon oil in pot then add onions and zucchini (or bell pepper, if using.) Cook for 1 minute, undisturbed,
then stir and saute until tender, about another minute. Add chicken back into the pot then stir to combine.
4. Divide lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado between two plates then top with cooked chicen. Drizzle with Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette.

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