Polishing

Well today was an interesting day to say the least... Air/Powder Polishing is CRAZY and totally not my favorite! I actually think it is very odd, and I don't quite understand the reasoning... but that could also be because there were no STAINS to remove on Brooke, plus the areas I could work on her were very limited due to her composite fillings! But at least it is something new that I got to see and try! I also got to polish Miss Brooke's teeth, (with Toothpaste, which I didn't like too much either), and that was fun. A tricky little trick is keeping the speed of the polisher at only 10 rpms, that is very hard! I feel like it doesn't work, and the spinning stops, but we will see. The week is almost over, and we have our Halloween Party friday! Still don't know what I am going dressed up as, but I will fill you in on Monday! HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!! Life is good! :)

Great Productive Day!!

Today has been a fantastic day! First of all I took my #5 Radiology exam before clinic today... and I got 100%, it was awesome to not miss one! Then in clinic today I was the clinician, working on Kelsey, which is always fun! I did a OD and OHI on her from start to finish, took some time, but it was nice to put all the skills together and see how it is suppose to go and the flow of things. I also passed off FOUR PE's today! I was really stressed out about doing this today, but actually realized I was more prepared than I thought, and did very well! It is sooooo nice to have them passed off! I am glad today is over, but even happier that it was such a great productive day! Life is good! :)

EASY Relaxing Day

So today I was just the patient for Kelsey! It was nice, because I am REALLY tired today, so all I did was lay in the chair, close my eyes and opened my mouth! Awesome! I believe today was the easiest day of school so far! But on Wednesday I will be the one doing all the work, and I will have to pass off FOUR PE's which will be a little bit stressful! But oh well! So this week I have 3 test to take! #5 Radiology, Anatomy and Costley's test on Saturday! Its going to be a busy week! Life is still good though, so I can't complain! :)

Today I got caught twice...

Well today Prof Costley called me out 2 times on doing something I shouldn't do!!! I got into my drawer with gloves on! BAD! And I touched my dirty markers and papers without gloves! I was a bad girl today! And wouldn't you know it, Prof Costley saw BOTH of them! I totally will never do those things again, that's for sure! Other than that it was a pretty good day, pretty relaxing! I passed off two PE's: Probing and Instruments, so that is good! Glad to have probing done with! Prof Costley said I did really good on my angles, so that's cool! I also worked with Michelle for the first time today! She is REALLY good and very comfortable in the mouth! She didn't hurt me once and I learned a lot from her today! Thanks Michelle, you ROCK! :) Today is our Friday, we get Thurs. and Fri. off for Fall Break! It will be nice to get a few things done around the house that I have been putting off! And of course I will find some time for studying, since I have a few test to get ready for! Hopefully me and the kids can do something fun together, like a movie or a hike! We will see! I LOVE FALL!!! ;)

OHI and Disclosing

Today we talked about OHI and also got to do disclosing agents on each other! That was fun! Having a Blue/Purple Tongue and teeth! I learned today that I need to brush a ton better throughout my mouth! I also need to be very aware of the distal areas of my wisdom teeth! I also passed off my Explorer PE today, with Prof. Costley, first time with her! Kindof scary! But I did good! Today is a good day so far, other than I am tired and not feeling very well! At least this week is a short week! Also the music today in the clinic pretty much sucks, but what do you do? I am done! :)

Posterior Scaling

Today we learned how to use our scalers posteriorly... Very interesting to say the least. This is a bit challenging for me, but what hasn't been lately?! I feel like I need to spend all weekend practicing all the different skills that we have learned! So I am taking my stuff home to practice for sure! I got to work with Leigh today! She is so freaking cute and nice! Love her! :) It was a good day to practice the other skills, like exploring and probing! Hopefully Monday I will be ready to pass of my exploring and probing PE's! Anyway glad it is Wednesday, and ready for the weekend already! Life is good! :)

Anterior Instrumentation

Today we learned how to use our anterior instrument the sickle scaler! Pretty cool! It was neat to be able to actually see plaque and calculus coming off! It is difficult for me however to get the motion of my wrist, instead of using my fingers! But I know it will come with time and practice! I got to work with KELSEY today... That was fun, she rocks! :) I am really enjoying the progression of our learning! I feel we have learned SOOOO much in just 7 short weeks, I just hope I am retaining all the information! But I love school, I love the girls and Instructors, it is just so awesome to be here and actually be fulfilling a life long goal! :)