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.

Polishing/Oral Cancer

Yesterday we learned how to polish. It was fun to be able to disclose and then polish, brush, floss, and disclose again to see how we did. Now I know what areas I need to pay more attention to. I was also able to go to the oral cancer screening at the Weber County fair grounds. There were quite a few people who came while I was there, so it was fun. It was nice to have so many people show up because that way we were able to stay busy and the time went by faster than it did when we did it in the Union Building. It's been a good experience, and I feel like I've been able to learn a little bit more by participating in the screenings.

Practice!

I love practice days! We were able to practice scaling both anterior and posterior teeth today. I think it really helped a lot! It's always kind of weird at first trying to remember everything we learned last week, but it was nice having a chance to practice again so close to when we learned how to scale. That gives me less time to forget what I've learned. I'm still kind of uncomfortable, but I guess that's normal. I think I'll take my instruments home this weekend and practice on Jason. :) Hopefully that will help!

Posterior Teeth

Today we learned how to scale the posterior teeth! It was a little bit harder than the anterior teeth, but I'm sure I'll get it. It's so much easier working on eachother than it is working on dexter because we don't have all the gross stuff all over our teeth. I guess I should get used to that though since I'll eventually be seeing more difficult patients. It's nice being able to practice and learn on someone with smooth teeth though. :) I also got to pass off two PEs today! Yea! Clinic was a lot of fun today!