Real Patient Day!

I thought yesterday went really well. I didn't get as much done as I was hoping, but I'm beginning to feel more comfortable. It was nice having a chance to see what it's like to work on someone else. I'm really excited for next semester and to have more of my family and friends come in! I feel like I've learned a lot and I'm excited to start practicing those skills more.

Oops

Well, I just hit enter for some strange reason so my last post only has my title on it. Oops! This week was great! It was so nice having another practice day. It was a lot of fun even though I'm still really slow. I've decided I need to give myself more time at the end to polish, floss, fluoride and fill out the paper work. It seems like the time goes by so fast! I'm really excited for monday (REAL PATIENT DAY), but I'm also a little bit nervous. My brother in law is going to come in, so I'll see how it goes. I can't believe classes are almost over!

Wow!

Catch up day

It was so nice to be able to catch up on everything on thursday! We were able to complete all three of our PE's we had to do, so that was really good! I'm so glad we have next week for mock patient days again! We'll see how it goes. It's hard to believe this semester is almost over! It's flown by.

Sealants

Yesterday in clinic we learned how to use the air powder polisher and also how to do sealants. It was weird using the air powder polisher because I had no idea if I was even doing it right. It's hard to know when you can't really see a difference. I'm sure someday I'll get to use it on someone who really needs it. Then it will all make sense. It was a lot of fun doing the sealants! I definitely need to practice, because eventhough I tried to be careful I still put way too much material on the teeth. I'm excited to try again tomorrow!

My Turn!

Yesterday was crazy, but it was fun. It was my turn to be the operator all day in clinic. I was really looking forward to it, but I was also a little bit nervous. I felt like things went pretty well. I was able to get in a lot of practice, so that was good. It's crazy how fast you can get behind though. I thought I was right on schedule towards the end and the next thing I knew I was supposed to be done with charting and I had just started. It's weird to think we're going to be working on patients soon. I definitely need more practice, but it's coming.

Mock Patient Day

Today was great! I was the patient, so I just got to relax and didn't worry about a thing. Julie did great! I'm really excited for wednesday when I get to be the operator! I'm sure it will be crazy, but it will be really good for me.