I finally have some time to sit down and write about the two Dental School related events that took place in January.
Robbie's White Coat Ceremony was on January 17th. For those of you not familiar with the White Coat Ceremony, it is the ceremony used to mark the transition from studying pre-clinical to clinical dentistry. It was awesome being able to celebrate with both of our families. Robbie's parents, his sister and brother-in-law, and their two boys came up as well as my parents and one of my sisters. The ceremony involved a few Dentists speaking about the importance of ethics in providing care for their patients as well as a reading of a type of Hippocratic oath for Dental professionals.
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| Here's Robbie's entire class. Please note the one wearing a kilt on the far right. He has awesome classmates! |
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| Waiting for his coat. I'm so proud of myself for figuring out how to tie that tie! |
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| With my parents |
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| With Robbie's parents and sister |
The other fun event that took place in January was the Rocky Mountain Dental Convention. It's free for students and the school paid for me to take some classes as an employee. The best part was walking around the exhibition hall and getting free samples of things like toothpaste, spry gum, chapstick, hand sanitizer, pens, etc.
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| Robbie decided to try on a little jaw brace. |
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| This is me holding a giant model of an endo file. They use tiny versions of these to perform root canal therapy. I think the exhibitor guy thought I was a little strange for wanting a picture. |
At the end of the day, they had an "after party" and the first 750 people got two free drink tickets. Several people didn't want their free drinks and so they gave their tickets to us!
Robbie has decided to join the Dental Fraternity, Alpha Omega and apparently they have 2-3 social activities a month so I will hopefully have lots of fun stuff to write about in the near future!
Hi Ariel!
ReplyDeleteCongratulation for the white coat ceremony.
I'm maya, a dental student from Indonesia.
I really like your blog. Because I found some fun and important thing what I must know as a dental student. So I can compare, how the dental student there and here (in Indonesia).
Thankyou for sharing this entry.
Nice to know you
Maya
Hi Ariel,
ReplyDeleteWe too are in dental school. My husband is set to graduate from the U of L dental school program in T-minus 8 weeks and counting!! Woot woot! We have grown and thrived together. I am also a dental assistant and am looking forward to "flirting with the doc". ;-P We have 3 amazing kids (started dental school later in life), and have lived in an Airstream camper these past 18 or so months. I stumbled on your blog today in Pinterest while looking for a grad gift. You are right on with your attitude and support of Robbie. Keep it up! We have enjoyed dental school very much and have made some deep friendships born out of understanding. I laughed at the class pic with the guy and the kilt. If we were there, that would've been MY husband in that kilt. Yes, he's that awesome. Best wishes as you both continue. I look forward to checking back in with you on your blog.
Jill, that's so exciting! Does he plan on doing a residency, working as an associate, or starting a practice? We can't wait to be at that point. Second year has really been rough! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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