Emergency 911!!!!

I sure hope that I never have to deal with an emergency situation. I think I would probably have a hard time remaining professional and not freaking out about the situation. I attempted to pass of sealants again and also instrument sharpening. I hope that worked out well. Well, we have our first patient on Wednesday. Mom is coming but she just broke out with a coldsore last night so it better be healed and not have spread by Wednesday. Hum.... well good thing I have sisters who can stand in for her if she can't come.

Mock Patient Day

Becky was my patient today. It was nice to do a patient from start to finish for once to prepare for our first patient next wednesday. I feel that accomplished a lot today and Costley agreed. She said I made good use of my time. That was much appreciated, especially after clinic last wednesday. Hopefully I can get this stuff down well enough to be on my own in a year and a half.

Last Week's Clinic

Man oh man I was so ready to be done with clinic on Wednesday. It seems like when I finally feel like I have something down the TA's and instructors come around and tell me how I am doing everything wrong. I was so ready to throw my hands up and leave and say I'd be back Monday. I dont understand my issues with clinic because I have been working in a mouth with instruments for four years. Grr.

Seal That Tooth!

We learned sealants today. Thats pretty sweet. I don't think it is as difficult as the hygienists at work make it look.... perhaps that is because they work on small kids and I was working with an adult. We dental hygiene students probably have the cleanest teeth on campus, getting them polished and scaled twice a week and all.

Air Powder Polishing

Oh man! I do not like the grit all over everything, especially the floor! I am a neat freak and this grit is driving me nuts! Its all over EVERYTHING! I had to scrub the floor around my unit and the sink before I could work. I hope the floor gets a deep cleaning this weekend!!!!

I don't really care for the air-powder polisher. I think it is way too messy and not worth the hassle but that is just my novice opinion.

Ultrasonic!!!! Yeah yeah

So today we learned sharpening instruments and the ultrasonic scaler. Sharpening was a tid bit confusing but the ultrasonic was pretty way awesome! Life just got easier. Haha. Gotta love working on good 'ole dexter! We are best friends. Haha not. We just have some quality time together once in a while. So yeah, clinic is awesome! Costley said we know enough now to do a 1B patient. That is pretty much exciting!