TENNESSEALANT | Summer 2018




SUMMER 2018 | VOLUME 7 | ISSUE 2

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FROM THE EDITOR: Inner Strength PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: A Semester in Review FEATURE: Serving the Underserved PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT: ¿Hablas español?

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE: DMD vs. DDS CAREER CHOICES: Interdisciplinary Collaboration FACULTY SPOTLIGHT NEWS: As Good As Gold TRENDING: Tideglusib & Dentistry ALUMNI CORNER: Q&A with Dr. Kristin Reed WELLNESS: Dentistry, muscles, and exercise… OH MY! STUDENT SPOTLIGHT GUIDE TO MEMPHIS: I’m feeling a burger BITEWING: Summertime Spicy Pineapple Salsa Cover Photo: Lacy Jones, ‘18

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FROM THE EDITOR |

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Inner Strength THIS TIME OF YEAR is always an exciting time.

It is exciting because it is a reminder for each of us that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It is also a stressful time. Starting a new semester. Starting clinic. Working to finish requirements.

It is so easy to get caught up in the self-defeating and self-doubting environment that dental school creates. Before dental school, we were all the smartest in our classes — the shining stars of our alma maters. Soon after the first day of D1 year, we all but too quickly realized the intelligence and brilliance that makes up a dental school class. Just sitting in a room full of so many extraordinary people is intimidating. As I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel of my dental school days, I often think back to the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed first few weeks.

We all start this journey to become a dentist full of joy and excitement only to be beat down by the reality that dental school is not easy. No matter how hard you try to stay positive, you may find that you are questioning yourself, questioning your ability and sometimes, even questioning your self-worth. You may find that you are continually comparing yourself to your classmates.

Dental school can take a toll on your self-esteem if you let it. The heavy course load and the stress can beat you down until you realize that you have completely forgotten why you even wanted to become a dentist in the first place.

Morgan Rebeck, ’19

Chapter Editor-in-Chief National ASDA Editor

Photo Credit: Morgan Rebeck, 19’

It’s not going to be easy. There will be a time that you will want to quit. There might even be a time that you question why you ever wanted to come to dental school. But trust me, those times will pass. You too will walk across that stage and remember the moments you dusted yourself off and got back up. Because through the struggle, you will learn your inner strength.

The broad theme of this issue of theTENNESSEALANT is community. In this issue, read about enriching the community around us by serving the underserved. Examine the difference between DMD and DDS degrees. Gain insight into new advancements in the world of restorative dentistry.

All this and more can be found in the following pages.

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| PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Presidential Address

HELLO EVERYONE,

Taylor Enochs, ’19

Chapter President

We have had a great semester on the UTHSC ASDA home front. I hope you all enjoyed the Crawfish boil, Skit Night, and the Golf Tournament. UTHSC’s ASDA team has done an amazing job and I am just using this as an opportunity to brag on our chapter. We have had so much participation from all of you, writing articles even on the national level in ASDA’s Contour and Mouthing Off blog, coming to events and making them fun and lively, and we sent more people to Lobby Day in Washington, DC and District Conference in Asheville than ever. I am so happy that so many of you are seeing the value in taking advantage of these opportunities for your future and the future of dentistry.

Here are a few things to help keep you occupied during those long lecture days in A202 or when you don’t have a patient scheduled in the clinic.

For the readers — book suggestions from the various conferences I have been to over the semester: - Drive by Daniel H. Pink - Teeth by Mary Otto - Blink by Malcolm Gladwell - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini PH.D. - The White Coat Investor: A Doctor’s Guide to Personal Finance and Investing by Dr. James M. Dahle, MD For the listeners — some podcast suggestions: - The White Coat Investor - The Millennial Dentist - Life and Dentistry - The Dental Hacks - Dentistry Uncensored

ASDA ANNUAL SESSION

See you all in July!

DISTRICT 4 ANNUAL MEETING

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PREDENTAL DAY

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS |

LOBBY DAY




CRAWFISH BOIL

PROPHY CUP GOLF TOURNAMENT

All photos were taken by UTHSC ASDA members

SKIT NIGHT

A semester in review theTENNESSEALANT | 5

| FEATURE

Serving the Underserved

A HANDFUL OF COOKIES. I’m famous among the D3 students at UTHSC for one thing—girl

scout cookies. That’s right; I’m that dental student making sure everyone can stress-eat their way through midterms every spring. Being the cookie mom for troop 13312 is a really fun way for me to bond with my daughter and help the girls in her class gain leadership skills and it has given me a lot of opportunities to serve my community outside of the dental school.

Chandler Pritchett, ’19

In spite of my reputation as the mother of a cookie-pusher, I hope my colleagues recognize that my real purpose in working with the scouts is to help people in my community live a better and healthier life. As a dental student it’s easy to become obsessed with the best ways to solve excruciatingly specific problems—we pursue the best solutions to a problem down to the molecular level and get involved in heated debates about pharmacology or biomaterials. Sometimes it’s hard to step back, remove our loupes, and examine our real priorities.

When my daughter calls friends and family to talk to them about selling cookies, one of the first questions her grandparents ask is “What is your goal this year?” Generally, they expect her to state the number of boxes she’s planning to sell. Now, according to the official girl scouts cookie guide, scouts are selling cookies not just to a certain number of boxes of thin mints or samoas, but to develop five key skills that can be carried with the girls into their adult careers. These skills include goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.

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Do you, as a dental student, set goals that strictly have to do with “the numbers?” Dental students often have goals for the semesters when they are working in the clinic. A dental student may endeavor to get a certain number of oral surgery experiences or quads of SRP in a month. Do you want to limit your success to merely clicking through these numbers? Maybe not—but how do you organize the handful of big picture goals that you use to guide your daily decisions when you work in the dental clinic? My first suggestion is that you hold tight to the ADA code of ethics, which focuses on autonomy, veracity, beneficence, justice, and nonmaleficence.

FEATURE | But what about your patient’s goals? Are your patients just looking for a magic number as well? What benefit do you provide to the patient who shows up in your portfolio with zero cavities and no quads of SRP that need to be performed?

Maybe it would help to have a handful of strategies for discussing your patients’ overall health in any situation. One effective way to frame discussions related to oral health is to discuss the Social Determinants of Health. The CDC provides suggestions about five points you can use to outline discussions about how oral health relates to overall well-being. These five points include the neighborhood and built environment, access to health and healthcare, community and social health, education, and economic stability.

Here are some suggestions about how to fit all five of these social determinants into discussions with your patients.

1. Neighborhood and built environment: Ask your patients questions about community water fluoridation—do they drink tap water? Educate them about the benefits of community water fluoridation and be ready to provide reassurance to skeptics.

2. Access to health and healthcare: Ask questions about your patient’s other medical providers and be prepared to discuss insurance limitations. Be ready to provide information about accessing community clinics to patients who may have limited their healthcare experience to trips to the emergency room.

3. Social Health: Attend community health fairs and promote these events to your patients. Invite interested patients to sign up as a volunteer as well and find a way to recognize and reward these community partners.

4. Education: Know where in your community your patients can access resources such as nutrition and cooking classes, exercise programs, and support groups for conditions such as diabetes or cancer. Always carry a card with you with information about smoking cessation as well. Being prepared to make these connections for your patients is relatively easy and can make a huge difference in their healthcare outcomes.

5. Economic stability: Help your patient’s understand that making regular small investments in their oral health can help protect them from a situation where they could be surprised in the dental chair with the sudden need to spend an entire paycheck on a root canal and crown.

I hope that you will consider this article when you sit down to map out your goals for the upcoming semester in the clinic — don’t just limit yourself to thinking about the number of crowns you need to deliver in order to graduate. For the biggest rewards, give yourself a handful of goals that will help you grow as a person and that will help build the social support system in your community. When you achieve these goals, you may find the experience so rewarding that you’ll be looking to accomplish “s’more” and you will definitely have some fun stories to share around the campfire next summer.

Photo Credit: Travis Bradley

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| PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

¿Hablas español?

Common dental phrases in Spanish chapter of the Hispanic Dental

provided by the UTHSC Student Association

¡Buenos días!

Good day!

¿Cuándo le duele?

When does it hurt?

¿Cómo está usted?

How are you?

¿Dónde le duele?

Where does it hurt?

¿Es alérgico a algún medicamento?

Are you allergic to any medicines?

Le molesta el agua o el aire frío?

Does cold water or cold air hurt you?

¿Que tan seguido se cepilla los dientes?

How often do you brush your teeth?

¿Le duele cuando muerde?

Does it hurt when you bite?

¿Cuando fue la última vez que visitó al dentista?

When was the last time you saw a dentist?

Abra la boca, por favor.

Open your mouth, please.

¿Le duele?

Does it hurt?

Cierre la boca un poco, por favor.

Close your mouth, please.

STAY TUNED!

More common dental phraes in Spanish will be available after the release of our UTHSC ASDA Blog during the 2018 ASDA bRush Week

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Photo provided by the UTHSC chapter of HSDA

STUDENT PERSPECTIVE |

Photo Credit: Reed Turpin, 20’

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| CAREER CHOICES




INTERDISIPLINARY COLLABORATION Working Together Toward a Common Goal

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CAREER CHOICES |

These are just a few of the phrases that physicians and dentists must repeat as they each take the Hippocratic Oath. Yet, do we really practice these simple phrases in their entirety and do we understand the weight each statement holds? Although dentistry and medicine are seen as completely separate entities, both need to band together to comprehensively address health problems and conditions. In doing this, we can better serve our patients and our community.

Throughout our academic careers, we are all taught the correlations between dental diseases and medical conditions: diabetes and periodontal disease, high blood pressure and gingivitis, osteoporosis and loose teeth, and many more! We understand how the medical conditions can affect a patient’s oral health and vice versa. However, most medical and dental students are not offered the opportunities to collaborate together. After graduation, the lack of collaboration then transitions into our respective workplaces. According to the Joint Commission, the lack of collaboration and communication between providers accounts for nearly 70% of adverse effects with patients. Based on these statistics alone, it stands to reason that in order to provide the best care for our patients, we need to stand alongside our medical counterparts to address not only a patient’s oral health but his or her overall well-being.

The patients that we treat and will treat in the future have a wide variety of complications and diseases. By partnering with our medical colleagues, we have a better chance of increasing patient awareness regarding oral conditions as well as medical issues. Tracye Moore, the Department Chair of Dental Hygiene at Northern Arizona University, summarized it well in her article titled “Principles of Interprofessional Collaboration.” She stated that “oral health professionals can play a major role in medical screening and monitoring of chronic diseases... the interprofessional education/collaboration model expands the dental professional’s scope of practice to include disease assessment and prevention, chronic disease screening, disease management within an integrated health care system, and managing, communicating, and collaborating with other health professionals.”

As dental students that are soon to be practicing dentists, it is our duty to partner with medical physicians to better serve our patients and meet their needs and expectations. Tracye Moore also stated: “Tomorrow’s dental clinicians will need to be adequately trained in interprofessional collaboration in order to meet the growing demands of a diverse population and provide cost-effective, high-quality oral health care in a team-based atmosphere.” Until dentists and medical doctors begin partnering together, we will continue to deliver sub-par healthcare to our patients, as we are not assessing the patient as a whole.

Dr. Charles, MD the president and founder of 3rd Era Dentistry and makes it his goal to bridge the gap between dentistry and medicine. As stated in the 3rd Era Dentistry Mission Statement: “The fact is that the dental and medical professions share some of the blame for the current state of American health. Working together, we can bridge the oral-systemic gap and turn it around.”

ASDA Policy B-3: The American Student Dental Association supports opportunities for interprofessional education and collaboration with other healthcare professions to improve the understanding of oral and systemic health.

Photo Credit: Reed Turpin, 20’

Chelsea Schwind, ’20

Chapter Contributing Editor Chapter Advocacy Comittee

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| FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

There’s

Dean

a

new

in

town!

ASDA is excited to welcome Dr. James Ragain as the dean of the College of Dentistry at UTHSC. Serving as faculty at the College of Dentistry, Dr. Ragain has helped countless dental students learn biomaterials and restorative dentistry. Dr. Ragain is an avid Vols fan and alumnus of multiple institutions within the University of Tennessee system. Dr. Ragain received his Bachelor of Science degree from UT Knoxville and his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from UTHSC College of Dentistry. Dr. Ragain also holds a Master’s degree in restorative dentistry from the University of Michigan and a PhD in oral biology and dental materials from The Ohio State University.

Prior to joining the world of dental education, Dr. Ragain served in the United States Navy as a Naval Captain in the Navy Dental Corps.

FAST FACTS ABOUT DR. RAGAIN • He is the first alumnus from the UTHSC College of Dentistry to serve as dean • He has co-authored over 75 professional publications • He holds three US patent awards • He is on the editorial board for four professional journals • He worked on a joint NASA subcommittee that studied dental issues and treatment of astronauts deployed on long-term space missions • He is the past president of the Tennessee Dental Association

To read more about Dr. Ragain and his selection as dean of the College of Dentistry please visit the following: https:// news.uthsc.edu/james-c-ragain-jr-dds-phd-named-dean-of-uthsc-college-of-dentistry/

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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT|




Photo Credit: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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| NEWS

AS GOOD AS GOLD UTHSC

ASDA

Wins

Big

at

2018

Annual

Session

“LIGHTS, CAMERA, ASDA!” was a fitting theme for the 2018 ASDA Annual Session that took place in

February in Anaheim, California. While the days were jam-packed with House of Delegates business meetings, district caucuses and breakout sessions, being at the Disneyland Hotel gave the meetings a lively and fun character.

Aaron Brooksbank, ’20

Chapter Legislative Liaison

Annual Session is the yearly meeting of the House of Delegates, the supreme legislative body of ASDA. The House of Delegates is responsible for electing the national officers for the next year, as well as voting on a number of resolutions and policies. The House is made up of 132 voting delegates (two from each ASDA chapter), the Board of Trustees, Speaker of the House, Executive Director, and council chairs. Reed Turpin and I represented our chapter in the House Delegates and voted to adopt a number of resolutions. Most resolutions included changing in verbiage to existing bylaws and policies, but some newly adopted resolutions included R.205 -2018: Evidence-based Prescribing and R.306-2018: Evidence-based Solutions for Barriers to Care. If you would like to view the complete list of adopted resolutions from the 2018 Annual Session, you can view them here.

New officers for the Executive Council and Board of Trustees were also elected by the House of Delegates at Disneyland. Roopali Kulkarni (Pennsylvania; former District 3 Trustee) won the Presidential race, Alex Howell (Georgia; former District 4 Trustee) and Jeffrey Kerst (Louisiana; former District 5 Trustee) were elected as Vice Presidents, and Ryan Twaddle (Marquette) was elected as Speaker of the House. In fact, our Tennessee ASDA chapter will be well represented at the national level this upcoming year. Morgan Rebeck, our Chapter Editor-in-Chief, was in attendance at Annual Session after being appointed to the National Editorial Board.

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NEWS |

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6 2 Anna Hill-Moses was elected to serve as District 4 Trustee by demonstrating her superb knowledge of the current ASDA policies, as well as showing her “flossing” abilities (ask her to show you the flossing dance)!

Our ASDA chapter also took home the Gold Crown Award for Most Improved Chapter.

Winning this award made all of us in attendance very proud to be from the Tennessee chapter, and should make all of our members proud of the progress that was made in the past year under incredible leadership! While it was great to see our chapter earn some recognition for our achievements, I believe that we are just scraping the surface of the potential impact that we can have for our members, the Memphis community and our current/future patients. Let’s keep up the momentum that we currently have and strive to take home the Gold Crown Award for Ideal Chapter Award at next year’s Annual Session!

1: Aaron Brooksbank, Anna Hill-Moses, Morgan Rebeck, Reed Turpin at the Gold Crown Award Ceremony 2: Anna Hill-Moses with the Gold Crown application she designed as Gold Crown Award Chair and the Gold Crown award 3: Chapter delegates voting during the House of Delegates 4: Reed Turpin, Aaron Brooksbank, and Morgan Rebeck with Minnie Mouse 5: Tennessee delegates table 6: Aaron Brooksbank, Anna Hill-Moses, Morgan Rebeck, Reed Turpin showing their #ASDAFever in the Social Media Lounge Photos provided by: Reed Turpin, 20’ and Morgan Rebeck, 19”

UTHSC ASDA 2018 MOST IMPROVED CHAPTER

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| TRENDING




Photos provided by: https://www.pexels.com/ photo/two-test-tubes-954585/

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TRENDING |

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QA | ALUMNI CORNER

An

interview

with

Richard

Sullivan

Dr. Kristin

with

&

Dr.

Reed

‘08

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY is proud of its alumni. We are always grateful when they take time to update us on what they are doing, in addition to making themselves available for questions, encouragement and advice. Dr. Kristin Reed is a 2008 graduate of the University of Tennessee. She currently resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with her husband, Paul. Kristin recently took time to answer some questions about what she is doing now and how she got there. She was also able to share some advice for current students!

Tell us about yourself

Travis Jones, ’19

Chapter Fundraising Committee

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My name is Kristin Reed, and I grew up in Seymour, TN. As the daughter of a dentist and a dental hygienist, dentistry has always been part of my life. As a teenager, I remember spending time in my parents’ office developing radiographs, answering the telephone, and occasionally assisting my father chairside. As part of my senior thesis research at Maryville College, I spent time observing surgeries and participating in a research project with a periodontist. Our research was ultimately published in the Journal of Adhesive Dentistry. These experiences helped me realize my own love for dentistry, and so in 2004, I began dental school at the University of Tennessee. I graduated from UTHSC in 2008, and then, completed a General Practice Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2009. My husband, Paul, and I then moved to Columbia, SC where he completed a Ph.D. in Linguistics and a postdoctoral fellowship in Communicative Disorders. During that time, I practiced as an associate in a group practice in Columbia SC for 8 years. Recently, we moved to Tuscaloosa where he is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama. Currently, I am an associate in a practice with two other general dentists and a prosthodontist. In 2016, after seeing a need for a program that produced quality dental assistants in an efficient manner, I helped develop the curriculum for the Dental Assisting Chairside course at Carolina Career School.

Currently, I am an online instructor for the course.

ALUMNI CORNER | What aspects of your education at UTHSC do you feel best prepared you for your career in dentistry?

What have you found to be the most rewarding part of your workday?

UTHSC did an outstanding job of training clinicians that understand the importance of providing comprehensive dental treatment for patients.

One of my favorites things in dentistry is to help patients that have significant dental fear or have had a bad experience in the past. It is so rewarding to show them that their dental needs can be taken care of in a kind, compassionate manner and that a dental appointment can be fun! I love hearing, “This was the best dental visit I’ve ever had!”

Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give yourself if you were currently in dental school?

Spend time observing/assisting upperclassmen or residents when possible so you can get as much hands-on experience and exposure to as many clinical things as possible.

What did you find most challenging in your transition from UTHSC to private practice?

The GPR I completed in San Antonio was an excellent stepping stone from dental school to private practice and I feel made the transition much easier.

What advice would you give to new graduates as they begin their career?

Find a mentor! A more experienced dentist that can help you when you are stuck treatment planning a case or provide encouragement when you need it is an invaluable resource.

Join a study club! Just because dental school is over, the learning should never stop.

Thank you, Dr. Reed, for chatting with us! As always, we are pleased to see one of our own representing our program well! We wish you continued success and happiness in your career! The volunteer spirit is a welcomed theme and a source of pride in the culture at the University of Tennessee, and our alumni are a constant example of how to carry that spirit beyond the walls of our beloved college. Thank you to all of our alumni for your consistent support and encouragement!

Are there any CE courses that you have personally found beneficial and would recommend to new graduates?

AAID Maxicourse

Do you have any favorite dental “hacks” that you would like to share?

Easy way to check the interproximal contacts on a crown before cementing/ bonding it: take a piece of articulating paper, fold it around a piece of floss and mark the floss. When you use the marked floss to check the contacts it will mark the contact point where you need to adjust.

Photo provided by: Dr. Kristin Reed

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| WELLNESS

Dentistry, muscles, and exercise…

OH MY!

LET’S START THIS ARTICLE OFF ON A ROLL

Xandria Johnson, ’19

Chapter Health and Wellness Committee

Photos by: Ke e g a n D. Johnson M

— go ahead and give your shoulders a good roll.

Are they feeling tight? Is your back a little sore and stiff too? It’s very important for us to take good care of our bodies, and being a dentist doubles that importance. If our arms and back are causing us pain, then they are pulling our focus away from our patients; therefore, maintaining physical wellness is a duty not only to ourselves but the patients we serve.

According to a 2014 article in the Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research by Dodda et al., up to 93% of dentists worldwide have suffered from pain in the neck, arms, wrists or hands, and back.

The movements required to perform dentistry can become repetitive, and when held for long periods of time, they can lead to muscle fatigue and microtraumas. Due to the small size of these injuries, you might not even realize your muscles are inflamed and crying out until it all accumulates, and then, it is too late. However, certain exercises can be beneficial to dentist specific physical health as well as to your overall health.

While it is tempting to just go straight into lounging and Netflix-ing after a long day in clinic, swap out that routine for some exercising…and yeah you can still do some Netflix-ing. aerobic

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exercises and stretching are two activities you can add to your outside of clinic life that can help extend your clinical career.

Aerobic Total Body These movements are the quintessential ones we think of when someone says “exercise”—running, swimming, power walking, and biking to name a few. If it gets your heart rate up to a point that would be concerning in a start check, it is aerobic.

Increased heart rate means that your blood is also increasing its flow and delivering more oxygen and nutrients to your muscles, helping them recover from static clinical postures. So conquer those stairs from the basement of Dunn all the way up to clinic.

Stretching The best stretches for dentists are those that target the muscles being fatigued. Crazy looking, but oh so instagramable, yoga positions are not even required. You can also stretch from the comfort of your favorite chair. Here are a few that are low intensity but high relief.

• Back Behinds: For the shoulders, create a V with your arms and pull your elbows down until your shoulder blades touch. Hold for three counts and rest.

WELLNESS |

•Plank: For the wrists and arms.

For an added wrist stretch, try a reverse plank!

• Bird Dog: For the lower back, when on all fours, lift one leg and the opposite arm off the ground in line with your back or higher if possible. Hold for five counts and switch sides.

Buddha is quoted as saying, “To keep the body in good health is a duty, otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” While we try to practice dentistry in the most ergonomic way, sometimes posture is pushed out of our minds when it is time to do a posterior crown prep. Being mindful of our physical wellness and devoting time to it are the least that can be done for the body, the mind, and the patient. So here is your first step--roll those shoulders.

Disclaimer: it’s always best to consult with your physician or an occupational therapist before starting a new exercise regime.

For further information about wellness, ASDA has provided resources that can be found through the following link: https://www.asdanet.org/index/ dental-student-resources/health-and-wellness/ five-dimensions-of-wellness

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| STUDENT SPOTLIGHT




Congratu

20

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT |




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All photos were taken by UTHSC ASDA members

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| GUIDE TO MEMPHIS

I’m feeling a

burger Memphis

Food

and

Drink

Guide

THE GREAT NATIONAL HAMBURGER DAY in America is celebrated on May 28. Yes, it has passed, but some people may agree with me that it can always be a day to honor the burger.

A burger can be as simple or as fancy as you want it to be. The key players are always the bun, the patty, the toppings, and dipping sauces.

Morgan Broussard, ’19

Let me share with you my top burger picks in Memphis: SWEET GRASS NEXT DOOR LOCATION: Cooper-Young WHAT TO ORDER: Pimento Cheeseburger Pimento cheese is a southern indulgence to expand on the everyday cheeseburger. What really sends this burger over the top is the house made pickles!

Do you like a side order of fries? Their thick cut steak fries are perfection.

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GUIDE TO MEMPHIS | BELLY ACRES LOCATION: Overton Square WHAT TO ORDER: Voodoo Moo-Moo

For me it’s the toppings on this burger that keeps me happy. You have the melting blue cheese mingling with the sautéed onions. Let’s make this burger made for royalty by dressing it with spicy arugula (that’s lettuce) with a siracha aioli (that’s mayo). This burger never fails to require more than one napkin.

FLYING SAUCER DRAUGHT EMPORIUM LOCATION: Downtown WHAT TO ORDER: Whiskey Burger I have a thing for salty & sweet combinations and the whiskey burger has just that. The blackberry compote is a sweet surprise in perfect harmony with the salty burger and candied bacon!

SLIDER INN LOCATION: MidtFalafelown WHAT TO ORDER: Your choice of sliders Slider Inn is a short half mile stroll for me, so location is perfect. Also, pups are allowed on the large patio with plenty of sun. I like the variety of ordering three different sliders. I usually go for the: Falafel, Blue Cheese & Onion, Chick-N-Fil-Ay (PRO-TIP: you can put the buffalo wing sauce on it. And skip the long Chick-Fil-A line on union) Trying to be healthy? Skip the bun, and wrap them with lettuce.

EARNESTINE & HAZEL’S LOCATION: South Main Street WHAT TO ORDER: The Soul Burger You have experienced the grit & grind of Memphis and dental school, but have you found the soul? Get your soul from Earnestine & Hazel’s with their Soul burger. It is seriously the simplest burger in town.

You can act like you will only eat one, but four bites later you are hollering at the bar for another one.

Photos provided by: Morgan Broussard, 19’

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| BITEWING

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Photo provided by: Katie Chambers, 19’

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Did you know that ASDA has a blog? MOUTHING OFF! provides a wide range of tips and tricks to get you through dental school and off to a running start after graduation!

Want to be published in a magazine? CONTOUR is ASDA’s national magazine. Reach thousands of dental students with innovative and current content related to the dental industry and student advocacy. Just send an email to our Chapter Editor-in-Chief and National ASDA Editor, Morgan Rebeck, at mrebeck@uthsc.edu!




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HELP US FILL THE VOID: Want to be featured in the next issue of TENNESSEALANT? Interested in being part of the UTHSC ASDA Editorial Board? All you have to do is email our Editor-In-Chief, Morgan Rebeck, at ut_asdaeditor@outlook.com for more information!

EDITOR-ELECT: ALLISON POGET ‘21

EDITOR-IN-CHEIF: MORGAN REBECK ‘19

MEET

THE

UTHSC

ASDA

EDITORIAL BOARD CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: TESSA JOHNSON ‘19

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: CHELSEA SCHWIND ‘20

DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the various authors in this publication do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of the American Student Dental Association at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

executive council

PRESIDENT: Taylor Enochs PRESIDENT-ELECT: Reed Turpin IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT: Jim Hollingsworth TREASURER: Kipley Powell SECRETARY: Anna Hill-Moses EDITOR: Morgan Rebeck LEGISLATIVE LIAISON: Aaron Brooksbank LUNCH & LEARN COORDINATOR: Lauren Leiden PREDENTAL CHAIRS: Michael Drake & Connor Denison VENDOR FAIR CHAIR: Kelsey Faulkner COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR: Jordan Dunn SOCIAL CHAIR: Taylor Rogers MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Jacob Sparks SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR: Hannah Gray Carter WEBMASTER: Jack Kang GOLD CROWN AWARDS CHAIR: Trey Mauney FUNDRAISING CHAIR: Katie Chambers HEALTH & WELLNESS CHAIR: Will Warren

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