Al Dente

This one’s for all of the student visa holders/international students! This episode explores post-study visa options, including permanent residency pathways for dentists. This episode we are joined by Christina Katsouri-Paxinos, a Registered Migration Agent and one of the Directors of PAX Migration Australia. Christina talks about the temporary graduate visa, 491 visa, and permanent residency pathways for dental graduates.

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Your Q&A’s have been answered!

Everyone’s heard of how long it takes to go from a) starting medical/dental school, b) finishing both to c), become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

Why don’t we hear it from a dentist who is going through medical school? This episode we are joined by Elaine Yu, who may have been some of your tutors in the Oral Surgery department as part of the BDS program. Bonus fact: Elaine was the host of the first season of Al Dente!

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Getting a "borderline" for ergonomics in simulation clinic? Is your neck barely making it through seeing two patients in clinic?

Join Ravinath, the Adelaide Representative for Byron Medical, as we learn more about the ergonomic loupes offered by our generous AUDSS sponsor. Learn about how loupes are made, where they are made, and how it ends up on your nose bridge in the dental clinics.

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Do you remember the first time you picked up a dental mirror?

The first semester of BDS (and for some, of university) has been completed for our first years. Tune in to hear Elijah and Dat reflect on their first five months of dental school, and whether it lives up to their expectations.

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You've been to his lectures since first year, and hopefully laughed at some of his jokes in class too. Starting from studying in Erbil, Iraq, learn more about how Professor Muhammed Yakin made his way to becoming a researcher, oral pathologist and BDS5 coordinator within our dental school.

Here, Professor Yakin references his favourite TV shows, including Vikings and Breaking Bad. And also, some amusing exam answers he has marked in previous exams, regarding gutta perchas and jaw radiolucencies.

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From crying at his desk daily to writing novels about a world of cats and dogs, Dr Thomas Corfield has been selected as the AUDSS Patron of 2024.

Who knew that a dentist could have a dental instrument in one hand, composing music with the other, and maybe writing a novel simultaneously? Often known as our BDS5 coordinator, it is hard to tell whether Dr Corfield is speaking in satire or otherwise.

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When does one decide to be a dentist? A PhD candidate? Learn more about this from our guest this episode, Taseef Farook.

From being awarded the International Student of the Year Award in 2023, to receiving over $400,000 AUD in research scholarships, Dr Taseef shares his humble beginnings with us. Learn more about how the “boy who was called a cyclops” inspired him to pursue research—on top of being an outstanding dental practitioner.

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Rising up the ranks, we have our AUDSS President and Vice President joining us today. Previously general committee members, both have taken on executive roles within the AUDSS. Now they are leading it in their final year of dental school!

So why did President Alexander Giannopoulos and Vice President Brendan Nham want to do dentistry in the first place? What are they doing outside of ‘teeth and gums’? And what dental school tips do they have for us? (Hint: it's related to writing Titanium notes?!)

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Is this deja vu?

Today we’re bringing back the 2022 host of Al Dente, only for her to sit in the interviewer’s chair. Jingyang, an up-and-coming graduate dentist, shares her journey through not one, but two rural placements. Listen in to find out what Jingyang has planned–hint, she’s headed to the outback for some officer training to become a navy dentist.

Welcome (back) to dental school! Meet the masterminds working behind the scenes for this podcast. Catherine and Jessica, your 2024 AUDSS Publications General Committee members, discuss how they ended up in dentistry. And as a bonus – what techniques they used to succeed in their first year of dental school.

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