http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman Just another Blogs at A.T. Still University weblog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:45:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I learned a lot about ways to improve my blog by attending the plenary session at the ADEA conference this morning.  I will be doing more frequent, shorter, and more visually stimulating blogs to keep you educated and entertained simultaneously! Quite a feat, but lets see how it goes! http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2010/03/02/adea-conference/ I have never been so happy to be back in Arizona.  Last Monday I traveled with 3 classmates to Washington D.C. for National Student Dental Lobby day, which was scheduled for Tuesday.  Due to snow storms on the east coast, our outgoing flight was delayed 2 days.  When we arrived ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2010/02/16/surviving-snowmageddon/ This morning I'm headed to Scottsdale to assist with the extraction of a distally impacted 3rd molar in the office of one of our part time Oral Surgeons. Dr. Kalamchi is an amazing surgeon and a wonderful person. He invited me to spend the day at his office since ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2010/01/27/day-as-an-oral-surgeon/ I had a great vacation but am tired from the 12 hr drive that Miguel and I did yesterday. We spent the 2 weeks off at home in Northern California. We took Sophie with us too and the family absolutely loved her. Tomorrow is my first day back in the clinic ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2010/01/03/back-to-school/ When you think of Arizona, you probably don't think about going ice skating...but that's just what I'm going to do tonight! I haven't been ice skating for a couple years now.  As an undergrad in Nebraska, I would skate about once a week for $2 since I was a student. ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2009/12/11/ice-skating/ I saw two patients for adult prophy (basic cleaning) appointments on Friday.  Both of them were very friendly and were in great moods, because who isn't on a Friday? I finished early for both appointments, so I had a nice long lunch and was able to leave a little early on ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2009/09/13/weekend-fun/ My name is Lillie Pitman and I am a third year dental student in Arizona and I absolutely love it.  It's hard to identify myself as anything but a dental student these days. A little bit about me: I grew up in Northern California (yeah Nor-Cal!) and was introduced to dentistry ... http://blogs.atsu.edu/lilliepitman/2009/09/11/introductions/