UCLA School of Dentistry - Impressions Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Charles Wilson D.D.S. Charlie is one of the few Longhorns lShorthorns?J from Amarillo, Texas who doesn't know how to talk like Gomer Pyle. Apparently, doing time in BYU has smoothed his rustic nature although he still has to consciously suppress his desire to order red-eye at the cafe- teria. Although modest and conservative by nature, Chuck managed to gain a sig- nificant amount of notoriety during our Sophomore year by extending the out- line form of an operative practical be- yond the contact and onto his fingers, by taking four days to recover from our blood drawing lab, and finishing a state board set up in two hours. CharIie's future lies in a private prac- tice specializing in saving souls and an occasional tooth in Southern California. Dave is a native of Fresno, California, and therefore brings to us prestige and stat ure equivalent to a terminal case of acne Actually Dave has shown himself to be an exceptional clinician and has more than once been called upon by the Removable department to treat cases which were beyond the skills of his fellow students Dave eventually learned that this scription applied to patients that they dldn't even want to see In private practice Consequently Dave has a keen desire to go into oral surgery and let someone else worry about the damn dentures. After he bruxes through his third occlusal night guard, Dave will be snagged by the U S Army where he will be the mam subject for their research Into the toxic ef Da Wilson felcts of nocturnally ingested acrylic D.D.S. virgin .. lr, 2'-. 'Z-ie? .4 K ,gis- 'Cs-131 ,iq l..

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9'3 Bob Tovsrud D.D.S. During the Jurassic age there came to the world a baby with thinning temples and a moustache named Doug Vargas. Actually Doug is really not that old. He merely looked that way after an entire year as the Sophomore class president. Fortunately, Doug, like the mythical magician Merlin has since started to grow younger by trading in his spare tire for a space-saver spare and ex- terminating that renegade caterpillar on his lip. One of Doug's favorite pastimes is re- calling his days as a Public Health in- spector. This usually comes in the form of horror stories above restaurant kitch- ens, usually about the time we are being served lunch at a Westwood restaurant. Doug confesses that he has wrung out an occasional free meal by whipping out his inspector's badge but denies that there is any conflict with DENTAL ethics. For the future, Doug will probably find contentment in a private practice with immunity from Public Health inspec- tions. Silent and solemn Bob is indeed a man of mystery. Emerging occasionally from the dim catacombs of his cubicle, it has been rumored but never satisfactorily proven that he occasionally engages in conversation more than once a day. The mystery deepens when certain questions are posed to us by one of his close friends. Is it true that Bob would rather follow the sun and play tennis than cut sharp line angles? How is it possible for him to excel academically and yet never be seen in class? Is it true that Bob has been seen playing tennis at the Dean's private courts in Trousdale Estates and rubbing shoulders with Wilt Chamberlain? Was Wilt photographed recently sporting a Class V foil? We may never find the answers to these and other trivial questions until Bob smokes up with us again. Dean who? Hello - Dr. Ruhlman? Doug Vargas D.D.S.

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Elaine counts herself as one of the lucky few who managed to swing a profitable deal with the U.S. Navy. The promise of 5400. a month and free equipment while at UCLA plus all the men she could catch after her commission was just too much for the Wong to pass up. Most prominent among Elaine's clinical achievements was her talent for getting Dr. Chin to do her PFG's by convincing him that he needed the practice. Clinic was not the only place where Elaine showed her talents. Many a pot-luck dinner has been graced with her pastries but after graduation, Rimio will have to join Uncle Sam's yacht club to get at her cupcakes. Sporting navy blue and saddle shoes, Elaine will faithfully serve her indentured t'?l service to her country, right or Wong. -iv Feeling that there was more fulfillment in seating bridges rather than designing them, Yoshi left the field of engineer- ing and took up dentistry to become his own boss. Although most of his time was spent helping his instructors clear up their misconceptions and patiently advising ' 1 them when they ran into cases too diffi- cult for them to handle. Ken also man- aged to extend his high standards of ethics and performance as the director of the Asian Dental Clinic even though Jim Stevens claims Ken is too tall to be considered Asian. Having completed his requirements six months early, Yoshi has spurned the idea of early graduation and taken the opportunity to study advanced ortho- dontics. Although Ken appears too smart to be an Orthodontist, we expect that he will enrole in an ortho program after graduation. General dentistry has siffered another great loss, al