Penn Dental Medicine Class of 2024 White Coat Ceremony

good evening welcome friends family faculty staff students and particularly the penn dental medicine class of 2024 we are gathering here today to celebrate the white coat ceremony for the class of 2024. actually because of these strange times we're not gathering at all we're socially distancing as much as i wish we could welcome all of you here to pendental medicine for what has traditionally been a warm welcome to the new class their family and friends this year due to the pandemic were unable to do so i am standing in the evans building of the school of dental medicine here at university of pennsylvania it is a historic building at a historic school made possible by the donation of thomas evans upon his death to establish a school second to none penn dental medicine has become just that a school second to none when this building first opened in 1915 it was but a few years before the spanish flu pandemic that killed millions worldwide just three years after the building opened the pandemic hit the united states and in september of 1918 it spread rapidly through philadelphia after a liberty bond parade which initiated outbreaks throughout the city and killed tens of thousands it was a time before science really understood what the flu was and how the flu spread and even more what we could do to treat cloth masks were used by health care professionals to protect themselves not even as much hand washing and cleaning the population was instructed not to spit as it was thought that the spit was the major transmission vector physicians recommended the well-known remedy of cucumber sandwiches and whiskey concoctions to help treat the outcomes of the disease it was unfounded by science and and even more was just anecdotal with today's pandemic we know that social distancing wearing a mask hand sanitizing as well as avoiding large group gatherings are all as well established methods for preventing the spread of this life-threatening disease this white coat ceremony it's special the white coat it does something to you um it's the only white that you're actually able to wear after labor day um i think i look thinner in it maybe a little bit taller but definitely people see me in this and think i'm smarter maybe the white coat is like the secret handshake to a fraternity or sorority welcoming us into a new club i'm positive it will help me get a reservation in a restaurant particularly the difficult restaurants i think the white coat ceremony is a really special event my name is mark wolfe i am the 12th dean of the school of dental medicine at university of pennsylvania the white coat ceremony being performed during the first days of your professional education before you really understand what it means to be a doctor is kind of strange but today during the pandemic it is more important than ever the white coat ceremony is actually a ritual where the new student accepts the responsibility of being a professional and i tell you now more than ever it's a 24 hour 365 day a year responsibility health providers did not always wear white coats through the late 1800s actually physicians wore black coats even strange face masks with long noses to ward off evil spirits it was in the late 1800s that after after somebody like joseph lister discovered infection and and germ theory that doctors started wearing white coats as a a sign of cleanliness it was also as they wanted to be assumed to be a consumer of science and academia white coat ceremonies actually taking an oath of professionalism became part of health education in the 1990s 100 years later so as it turns out the white coat ceremony is actually a ritual it's like placing a wedding ring on a finger and it symbolizes a commitment to somebody to something but what does it symbolize people are going to know that you're important but wait i believe the meaning behind the white coat isn't about what it does for you it's about what it means to the people who see you and and understand that you're wearing it or even when you're not wearing the white coat you are a professional wearing a white coat says more to a patient than i follow inspection control guidelines as lister intended as a matter of fact most patients do not associate the coat with infection control they associate the white coat with something much much more wearing the white coat does say to the public that you are smart and well educated we know you are smart and university of pennsylvania school of dental medicine is going to help you be the best educated practitioner in the world wearing the white coat says to the public that you will spend your lifetime lost my place sorry that you will spend your lifetime [Music] where spend your lifetime learning and staying current that you will understand the reason why you do something not just temporarily learning the answer for a test your patients know because you wear the white coat that you will always use the best evidence to treat them wearing a white coat says to the public that even when you're not wearing the coat you are a doctor you're always a doctor when you're sitting on an airplane and there's an announcement asking for a doctor to help somebody who's ill or a tornado strikes your town and emergency care is needed by others you are expected to be the one to step up the white coat tells the public that you are always a doctor and will be there to help them whenever it means that you do what is necessary to protect them and never do harm even when you're not at school not in the office and not practicing and today it means you sacrifice some of the things we normally do to be social we need to wear the mask socially space and avoid gatherings like giant white coat ceremonies wearing a white coat says to the public that you care about your community the healthcare system for all even the underserved the community you live in as well as the communities around us as well as our own profession we need to care wearing a white coat says to the public that you will always place your patient's best interest ahead of your personal interests and you'll practice with honesty and integrity in all aspects of providing care wearing a white coat says to the public that you provide compassionate treatment for your patients respect for their dignity and privacy no matter who your patient may be truly wearing this white coat means a lot the oath you take today comes with some awesome expectations traditionally your faculty place the white coat on you your faculty believe in fact they expect that you will fulfill the public expectations of who you should be as a professional and wear the white coat participating in this ceremony and putting on the white coat means that you agree to fulfill the mandates of our profession putting on the white coat is much heavier than the fabric it represents everything we expect our pen graduate to be is part of this white coat congratulations to you and your family and friends this is your first step into the profession oh yes one more thing about the white coat it won't help you get the reservation or a better grade for the examination my recommendation is you better study it's at this moment that i get to do something that i take incredible pride in doing i would like to introduce our guest speaker for the white coat ceremony dr fred ferguson he's somebody very special to me fred ferguson is an assistant director of the pediatric dentistry program at interfaith medical center in brooklyn and he's a distinguished teaching professor emeritus at the school of dental medicine at stony brook university he's also an associate professor of pediatric medicine at stony brook during his 42 year career at stony brook dr ferguson developed an oral health program for special needs patients including children with hiv infection chronic health problems and craniofacial deformities while also maintaining an extra and an extra mural practice he taught that hundreds of dental students dr ferguson is a highly sought after speaker who regularly presented to the professional consumer and community groups and has consulted on healthcare topics with hospitals organizations and corporations dr ferguson is president and ceo of and as well as founder of health migration consultant consulting and about smiles world limited these organizations are focused on improving the quality of care and reducing the cost through building a process for consumer accountability stakeholder collaboration and the electronic medical record integration fred is more than that to me though fred was my professor when i entered dental school and throughout dental school and residency he taught me pediatric dentistry and he taught me a lot more than that the most important thing to know about fred is never play any sports with fred he sent more students off basketball courts with injuries secondary to elbows tough game ankles things like that held a special place in my heart when i broke my elbow as a student in a student faculty softball game three weeks before graduation um sliding into third base fred comes over looks at it and says maybe with a little pressure we can pull it back in place and we can get back to the game just in case you wanted to know i took my boards in a full arm cast fred taught me that addressing him by his first name fred was not disrespectful but rather demonstrated my progression to being a professional fred taught a generation of dental students that treating all patients patients that that were allowed patients with disabilities was a professional obligation of all of us as the disabled community is our most neglected and underserved community he was amongst the first dentists to step up to treat individuals with a new frightening communicable disease that we knew nothing about for many years after it first came about today we call it hiv aids fred helped teach me the value of being a dental educator and changing a generation of practitioners in no small part my commitment to the people who are persons with disabilities is as a result of fred and i hope that i can impart this upon generations of students to come i would like to introduce you to my friend and colleague dr fred ferguson good afternoon and welcome and thank you dean wolf for the opportunity to participate in this celebration and to the class of 2024 congratulations on your achievement and to your families your partners and friends we sent you this image and requested that you spend some time reviewing it and to address the question what is the problem further we also ask that you consider that some of the individuals in this line might have family members with special needs or work at a community based organization that serves its population we could easily spend an hour dissecting what's going on here my opinion is that this image presents the the problems confronting our health care essentially we are engaged in our health care as patients that is we present for care when it's a problem rather than working with our health care over the lifespan confirming that we are in support of our health our healthcare essentially operates on illness rather than prevention and thus vulnerable communities and at-risk individuals predictably suffer chronic disease a significant obstacle also is present for oral health and dentistry and that is it's perceived low value in health care i would like to offer a solution in the year 2000 a physician dr shyam had published a paper the common risk factor approach a rational means of prolonging oral health and he presented that essentially that we are focused on the center column of concerns that is common chronic and costly diseases which are predominantly driven by the variables surrounding it in the beige globes but i want you to note that the all of these issues are directly or indirectly involved with the mouth above there is a the title of the foil is oral systemic connections i have some homework for all of the entering students and anybody that's on this conference and it is i would like you to go to the external hard drive google and read about oral systemic connections more time you spend with this you will have a real advantage when you start to encounter patients in developing that idea of a partnership essentially note that all of these endpoint chronic diseases in the center column are connected to all of these variables of the mouth going further in 2007 another physician a pediatrician dr fisher owens presented a image in which she organized these issues that we now understand on the atmosphere that we live in that both has heat and humidity and the more of these variables that you have in your life the hotter and more human it is and this is essentially why we continuously see the same demographics predictably suffering an unfair share of chronic illness but note that dr fisher owens has oral health in the center of this focus in their three levels child family and community so the second assignment for you to to focus in on is the phrase social determinants of health but i want you to understand that as tooth decay and poor health is the most common transmitted chronic disease of childhood as we get into teens and adults we see these other issues come in that we spend a lot of time reacting to predictably so we're saying there's this again there's this connection between your mouth and your body the third point i want to drive home is as i as i alluded to in the previous slide note that tooth decay and gingivitis are of childhood and through these behaviors habits and lifestyles which evolve become more numerous more complex more interrelated we then begin to see oral issues of the mouth that are more of a concern generate inflammation that we will not get into that's another subject entirely but note that these other issues that we see of chronic disease don't happen into your adults and this is a progression of these behavior habits and lifestyles so i propose that consumers and dental providers can play a key role in when i was in practice i had a lot of mantras that i presented to my patients and this was my favorite not just teeth like trees and gums don't lie if i know your age and your gender after puberty i can ask you some questions that i didn't make up they are well known in science and based upon the answers these questions i have a pretty good idea about what your mouth's going to look like so consider we have two sets of data we have data presented by consumers okay and then the dentist can answer some questions that they don't answer now and those two data sets are very closely associated so we now have means of getting early warnings of good health promotion by people or pure health promotion by people and i contend to my patients the most important health provider you have in your life is your dentist because a dentist knows exactly how you're doing every day in promoting your own health or causing problems so in closing i present that oral health can have a leadership role in healthcare with the benefits that you see here we go to being anticipatory proactive and preventive versus our reactionary health system which is not working the payers are having a real hard time with the issues of cost and value and this these issues are going to come to dentistry the most important thing is advancing population health covid showed us very clear that we weren't prepared our health care system can't work given the way it's it's it's developed it is reactionary and in any relationship the longer you wait to act the worse it becomes and what we really need to do is to recognize that for our most vulnerable communities and individuals at risk that we have to address these issues of disparities inequities and most important injustice so i propose that this information from susan from consumers and dentists working together as partners will advance health and advance dentistry's value i started a program in special needs care at stony brook university in the late 70s we've had a lot of graduates in that program and when i see them at meetings or just by just by chance often they will say to me fred when i included special needs in my practice interestingly enough their parents the people who brought them to me or if they worked at a community-based health center they would often return to my practice as a patient because they felt i am providing a valuable valuable care service through the personal special needs so i must be good again dean wolfe i appreciate the opportunity to participate in uh in this celebration and to the class of 2024. i wish you health success moving forward thank you very much wow thank you so much fred and as i promised everybody there's actually a quiz after this so we'll be emailing you the um login information to take the post quiz associated with our very special white coat ceremony today i need to tell you that right now there are 550 people watching live and over a thousand people watching the recording probably because they tuned in a few seconds late and jumped on the recording a tradition for me is to always take a picture of the crowd say for posterity's sake um little do you know what i can see what you're wearing right now and some of the t-shirts and sweatshirts it's now my pleasure to introduce someone who you all have met already as student at this for the student body dr yuri hangorski he's our associate dean for student affairs dr angorsky oversees the office of student affairs at the school and you will quickly discover that he and the faculty and staff of those offices are invaluable resources to you as you go through your four years at penn dental medicine dr hankowski and everyone in the student affairs office worked tirelessly tirelessly on your behalf so far and will continue doing so for years to come it is my pleasure to introduce you to dr yuri hangorski yuri please dear colleagues friends and families my name is yuri hankorski i'm the associate dean for student affairs and i want to extend my warmest welcome to you in this important occasion i along with the entire faculty and the staff at pdm are really excited to have you on board all of you had the option to attend other dental schools and yet you picked ours you made the right decision in coming here and all of us will spur no efforts to validate your choice even in these unprecedented times our school has met the challenges imposed by the pandemic in an exemplary fashion our teaching clinical care and research experience are thriving and new initiatives such expansion of community outreach and clinic for patients with disabilities are nearing ex completion as we speak i have no doubt that you your talent enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity will contribute significantly to all of those above endeavors hopefully in the very near future our lives will be returning to normal and once again you will be able to explore the beautiful penn campus share meals and get together with friends and enjoy seeing each other smiles without face coverings i want to wish you a well-deserved success and i'm looking forward to getting to know each one of you virtually and definitely in person thank you thank you so much harry this is what we all came here for now i would like to introduce you to the class of 2024. my name is justina ahn i'm from columbus ohio and i went to ucla hi my name is naira alcazaz i'm from dubai united arab emirates and i went to nova southeastern university hi i'm lauren sola i'm from bogota colombia and i went to nova southeastern university hi my name is nekka atapalazi i'm from bowie maryland and i went to the university of maryland for undergrad college park hi my name is pearl batalora i'm from kenneth square pennsylvania and i went to penn state university hi my name is kristen belger i'm from island new jersey and i attended fordham university hi my name is alexandria borrelli i'm from allentown pennsylvania and i attended clemson university hi i'm aaron bradley i'm from nazareth pennsylvania and i went to brigham young university hi my name is alison bowie i'm from cincinnati ohio and i went to the ohio state university my name is maya cao and i grew up in beijing china and i went to colgate university hi my name is nicole gaponia i'm from long island new york and i went to lehigh university hi i'm jonathan caracapa from staten island new york and i went to clemson university hi my name is kathleen carchiti and i'm from holliston massachusetts and i went to the university of maryland college park hi i'm emily cerameli i'm from lehighton pennsylvania and i graduated from temple university hi my name is sarah chan i'm from bridgewater new jersey and i went to uc berkeley for undergrad hi my name is travis sherman i'm from morro bay california and i went to birmingham southern college hello my name is alexander himalinsky i'm from western virginia and i went to the university of virginia hi i'm amy cho and i'm from seoul south korea and went to ucla for my undergrad hi my name is hannah hyun cho i'm from atlanta georgia i went to georgia institute of technology my name is ellie choi and i'm from south korea and i went to penn for undergrad hi my name is deanna choma i'm from orlando florida and i went to the university of florida hi my name is gabrielle ciancimino i'm from cape coral florida and i went to the university of florida hi my name is skyler clark i'm from morristown new jersey and i studied at james madison university hi my name is alyssa curry i'm from cranford new jersey and i went to the university of virginia my name is aubrey dion i'm from ivy land pennsylvania and i went to bucknell university hi my name is kanal desai i'm from bloomfield hills michigan and i went to the university of detroit mercy my name is prachi desai i'm from bartlett illinois and i went to marquette university for undergrad hello my name is sabine damala i'm originally from kathmandu nepal i've moved to the states around five years ago and i've been living in nantucket massachusetts and i went to university of massachusetts amherst for undergrads my name is daodo i go by rosemary i grew up in vietnam and i came to the university of maryland baltimore county where i get my undergrad degree in biological sciences and my minor in psychology hi i'm sam dolan i'm from auburn new hampshire and i went to the university of new hampshire hello my name is maquachi ecunite i'm from bluebell pennsylvania and i graduated from the university of maryland college park go church hi my name is sarah alvaremani i'm from elgin illinois and i went to the university of kentucky hi my name is paul espiritu i'm from richmond hill new york and i went to st john's university hi i'm carla estrada i'm from miami florida and i went to florida international university i'm alex baba i'm from raleigh north carolina and i graduated from north carolina state university hi my name is ariela feidelberg i am from los angeles and i went to ucla hi my name is kayla francisco i'm from millstone township new jersey and my undergraduate institution was villanova university hi my name is riya gadasara i'm from voorhees new jersey and i went to college at nova southeastern university hi my name is dasha goickman i'm from huntington valley pennsylvania and i graduated from the pennsylvania state university hello my name is joanna haddad i am from pennsylvania lehigh valley specifically white hall and i went to pennsylvania state university hi i'm isabel hansen i'm from winston-salem north carolina and i went to davidson college hi my name is brett harrell i'm from fort walton beach florida and my undergraduate institution is florida state university my name is andrea fernandez i am from springfield new jersey and i graduated from the university of central florida my name is matthew hershberger i'm from winchester virginia and i graduated from james madison university hello everyone my name is fina huang and i'm from torrance california and i went to university of california los angeles hi i'm jonathan huang and i'm from great falls virginia and i went to the college of william mary hi i'm angelina issa and i'm from rochester hills michigan and i graduated from the university of michigan hi my name is shaheen j singh i am from accra ghana and i went to the university of virginia hi i'm michelle james i'm from new windsor new york and i went to muhlenberg college hi my name is nick johnston i'm from pleasanton california and i studied at brown university hi i'm annabelle kelso i'm from washington dc i went to undergrad at boston university and then i got my master's at georgetown university hi my name is brett kim i'm from st louis missouri and i went to undergrad at the university of pennsylvania my name is christopher kim i'm from boston massachusetts and i went to university of massachusetts boston hi my name is kuyal kim i'm from daegu south korea i went to villanova university hi my name is min jung kim i'm from rochester minnesota and i went to wellesley college hi my name is ian kasowski i'm from northborough massachusetts and i attended connecticut college hi my name is emilia kota and i'm from ashburn virginia i went to vcu for undergrad hi my name is alexander lam i'm from picaos in virginia and i went to virginia tech uh hi i'm anthony lambright i'm from conshohocken pennsylvania and i went to temple university my name is jared leighton i'm from palmer alaska and i went to marquette university hi my name is amanda ledner i'm from new york and i graduated from tulane university hi my name is wendy lai i am from irvine california i went to university of california irvine hi my name is sarah lee i'm from centennial colorado and i went to cornell university for undergrad hi i'm alice lynn i'm from lake zurich illinois and i went to the university of illinois at urbana-champaign hi my name is jason lin i'm from new york city and i graduated from cornell university hi my name is amy liu i'm from tucson arizona and i did my undergrad at the university of arizona hello my name is ruby liu i am from taiwan and i went to undergrad and university of washington in seattle hi i'm sergey lopto i'm from anaheim california i went to ucla hi i'm rebecca lue i'm from madison connecticut and i went to dartmouth college for undergrad hi i'm tiffany lynch i'm from the beautiful island of barbados and i went to howard university hi my name is molly mccormick i'm from sicklerville new jersey and i studied at fordham university hi my name is meredith mccackern i'm from allen park michigan and i went to the university of michigan ann arbor hi my name is sydney miller i'm from danella new jersey and i went to school at hampton university hi my name is bella monticello i'm from tampa florida and i went to villanova university hi my name is saba mozaffarian i am from vancouver canada and i went to university of british columbia hello my name is justin muir i'm from tewksbury new jersey and i went to the university of richmond hi my name is patricia with yala i'm from new york city new york and i went to emory for my undergrad hi my name is stephanie eng i'm from union new jersey and i went to muhlenberg college my name is brian nicholson i'm from jupiter florida and i went to florida state university hi my name is nushi nursale i'm from vienna virginia and i went to george manson university for my undergrad hi i'm alexis pagan i'm from chesapeake virginia and i went to virginia tech hi my name is domenica paredes i'm from miami florida and i went to the university of north carolina at chapel hill hi i'm tiffany park from fullerton california and i went to pomona college hey my name is deep patel i'm from woolwich township new jersey and i went to the university of sciences in philadelphia hi my name is monica patel and i'm from scottsdale arizona and i went to cornell university hi my name is torel patel i'm from mesa arizona and i attended arizona state university hi my name is mara pizzula i'm from baltimore maryland and i went to university of south carolina hi my name is joy cho i'm originally from shanghai china i graduated from emory university hi my name is reyna rod i'm from boca raton florida and i went to florida atlantic university hi my name is anwar radwan i'm from vienna virginia and i went to the college of william mary my name is akil romani from palm beach gardens florida and i went to the university of pennsylvania hi i'm rafael orenjo i'm from old bridge new jersey and i graduated from rutgers university hi my name is sophia rappaport i'm from jacksonville florida and i went to the university of florida i'm kevin reilly i'm from cincinnati ohio and i went to school at st louis university hi i'm amanda eastman i'm from short hills new jersey and i went to williams college hi i'm thomas roberts i'm from ann arbor michigan and i graduated from the university of michigan hi i'm josie russ i'm from houston texas and i went to wesleyan university my name is melana russo i'm from scottsdale arizona and i attended the university of arizona hi my name is anahita sabet payman i'm from warsaw new jersey and i graduated from the college of new jersey good evening my name is michelangelo javier san juan i am from crown point indiana and i graduated in indiana university in bloomington hi my name is sadio sangani i'm from chicago illinois and i went to washington university in st louis hi my name is zunish sakib i'm from allentown pennsylvania and i went to penn state university for undergrad hi my name is mohammad karim shama i'm from charleston west virginia and i went to west virginia university hi my name is benjamin schalling i'm from silver spring maryland and i attended brandeis university hi my name is chatcha she i also go by rachel i grew up in china and i went to university of washington for undergrad hi my name is annie schino i'm from quincy massachusetts and i went to the university of massachusetts amherst hi my name is nader sidholm i'm from northern virginia and i went to undergrad at the university of virginia hi i'm johanna smarzinski i'm from darboy wisconsin and i went to the university of minnesota twin cities my name is alicia song i'm from audubon pennsylvania and i went to university of florida my name is anna song and i'm from fort lee new jersey and i went to villanova university for undergrad hi my name is tony song i'm from orange county california i went to kennesaw state university hi my name is cassidy steen i'm from cloquet minnesota and i went to san cloud state university in st cloud minnesota hi my name is madeline stein i'm from sylvan lake michigan and i attended the university of southern california hi my name is steven stein i'm from lower marion pennsylvania and i went to yeshiva university hi my name is melissa stonk i'm from houston texas and i studied at yeshiva university hi my name is julia schernicki i'm originally from suffolk new york and i went to binghamton university hi my name is joey tafernai i'm from austin utah and i attended birmingham university hi my name is alvin talbzade i'm from oakland california i graduated from holy names university hi i'm chintin decor and i'm from parsippany new jersey and i went to penn for my undergrad hi my name is elena trice i'm from pittsburgh pennsylvania and i went to hamilton college hi my name is neil mvora i'm from bucks county pennsylvania and i went to the university of pittsburgh hi my name is gloria wan i'm from dallas china and i went to emory university hi my name is matthew wang i'm from princeton junction new jersey and i went to the university of pennsylvania from an undergraduate institution hi my name is casey wishowski i'm from melbourne florida and i went to the university of florida hi my name is nikki wei i'm from annandale new jersey and i went to rutgers university i'm logan west i'm from phoenix arizona and i went to loyola marymount university hi my name is ali wilk i'm from drescher pennsylvania and i went to the university of michigan hi my name is emma wilkinson i'm from oxford pennsylvania and i went to undergrad at virginia tech hi my name is elizabeth wong i'm from toronto canada and i graduated from nova southeastern university hi my name is hilary wong i'm originally from shrewsbury massachusetts and i graduated northeastern university in 2019. hi my name is kylie wright i'm from hoques in delaware and i went to the university of delaware my name is srijin shu i usually go by tracy i'm originally from shanghai china my undergraduate school is washington university in st louis hi my name is bing jian yang i come from china and i went to university of michigan i'm jonathan gagoyang i'm from woodbury minnesota and i went to the university of minnesota twin cities for my undergrad hi my name is alexandria yu my hometown is nashville tennessee and i went to undergrad at johns hopkins university hi everyone my name is yuyu i also go by sophie i'm from shanghai china and i went to oberlin college for undergrad hi this is our most important portion of our white coat ceremony the actual taking of our oath our pledge i'd like to ask all of our class of 2024 to make sure that you find the pledge in the back of your program booklet everybody else can still follow along i now invite dr olivia sheridan associate dean for admissions to lead the class of 2024 in the pen dental medicine professional pledge everyone please stand nikki are you standing i'm not sure you can find the pledge in your booklet please open and now both welcome i'm dr olivia sheridan i'm the associate dean for admissions here at penn dental medicine and i was so excited to welcome you to our school many months ago and now i'm even more excited to formally welcome you into our wonderful profession through the recitation of this professional pledge so now please join me in reciting the pen dental medicine professional pledge as i enter the dental medicine profession i vow to keep this pledge and these stipulations i understand that my primary responsibility is to my patients to the best of my ability i will embrace the highest standards of oral health care and treat all individuals under my care with respect and honesty their total health and well-being shall be my primary concern i accept the responsibility to maintain my competence through the continued pursuit of new knowledge and skills in the practice of dentistry i will conduct myself with integrity treat my colleagues with respect and wherever possible work to advance the oral health of society i shall faithfully observe the principles of ethics and codes of professionalism encountered during my dental training and beyond all this i pledge with pride in pendental medicine's heritage and my commitment to the profession and the public we serve thank you for joining us this evening with uh for our special white coat ceremony congratulations class of 2024 carry your jacket your white coat wear it with pride and respect for the profession do pen dental medicine and generations of dentists that came before you proud in how you work and how you act with our patients our community and our global world in what we do i present everybody the class of 2024 congratulations to our students their families and friends congratulations you

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