1. DEN 2311 Oral Pathology High Impact - Low Stakes Learning Practice
Gwen Cohen Brown DDS, FAAOMP
Associate Professor
Dental Hygiene Department

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"Hope is the thing with feathers”
Emily Dickinson

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Author: Woody Allen
Book: Without Feathers
Without Feathers is a collection of short stories published in 1975.
“If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists: A fantasy exploring the transposition of temperament”

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This short story is written as a series of letters sent by Vincent van Gogh to his brother, Theo, and these letters describe Van Gogh's frustrations with the world of dentistry.

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Dear Theo,
Will life never treat me decently? I am wracked by despair! My head is pounding! Mrs. Sol Schwimmer is suing me because I made her bridge as I felt it and not to fit her ridiculous mouth! That’s right! I can’t work to order like a common tradesman! I decided her bridge should be enormous and billowing, with wild, explosive teeth flaring up in every direction like fire! Now she is upset because it won’t fit in her mouth!

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She is so bourgeois and stupid, I want to smash her! I tried forcing the false plate in but it sticks out like a star burst chandelier. Still, I find it beautiful. She claims she can’t chew! What do I care whether she can chew or not! Theo, I can’t go on like this much longer! ... Vincent.
Woody Allen, 1975

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Read: “If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists”
Homework: A Short Essay (Choose one)
1. Choose a fictional character in any medium (Literature,Film,TV, Music, Art etc.) that you feel best represents yourself. Who would it be and why?
2. Write your own short story entitled something like, If the [fill in the blank] had been [fill in the blank]. For example, If Dental Hygiene Students Were Super Heroes.
3. Write about your perception of esthetic beauty through the eyes of a different culture.
Post your response on OpenLab

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Education through humor is effective
Medical narrative through anecdotal case studies lead to applied learning
Cultural esthetics in a diverse patient population
Provider perception v. patient perspective

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The short essays are not going to be graded (low stakes) however they will be available for the entire class to view, read, assess and enjoy.
This will be a mandatory assignment, required to successfully complete the DEN 2311 course in Oral Pathology

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