The End Is Almost HERE!!!

Holy cow! This semester seemed to fly by! At times it was super slow, but once we got going it cruised! I can't believe I am 1/4 done with school! YAY!!! I know this next semester will fly by too and then I will be in my 2nd year and almost done! Crazy! I have learned lots! But I am excited for next semester to work on real people, I am a little scared to find patients, but hopefully once I find a few it will be easy to find the rest!

Mock Pt Day - Being the Patient

Well it's now my turn to be the patient again, but after dental hygiene class yesterday and learning about cold sores and that we can't see a patient with a cold sore, I will not be seen today! I guess the stress has finally gotten to me, with two weeks in the semester left, and I got a cold sore. So I brought my camera and will be the clinic photographer today I suppose. And it will give me a chance to get things organized and caught up. Real patient...here I come!

Mock Pt. Day 2nd Week

Well I was the DH again today and things went a lot faster since we didn't have to probe. I am still slow at my scaling. I guess that will come with time! We did a sealant today, I like those! They remind me of working at the Ortho and preparing the teeth for the brackets, the process is very similar. Love the blue etch! That was my favorite part! So I see my first REAL patient on Monday. It's my dad so it should be good, but I am still kinda nervous! I hope I survive! I know I will look back on this in a year and laugh about being so nervous to see my first patient!

Mock Patient Day...Being The DH

Well I made it! It was kinda stressful getting everything ready and putting all my learned skills into action! But I am so glad we did this so I can kinda feel like I know what is going on! I worked on Jenn today and I did really well with probing! I did a full mouth probe in 25 minutes! WAHOO! But scaling was another issue! It took a lot longer to scale than I imagined. I will need to step it up! The appointment went pretty well and I feel a little better about having confidence in my skills.

Mock Patient Day - Being the Patient...

Today was the first day of Mock Patient Day, and I was Jenn's patient. I am so glad we are doing this so that I can know all the steps to do when I have my first patient in 2 weeks! She did a great job and it is good to be the patient also so you know what they have to go through sitting there for 3 hours. It's kinda rough but I made it! Wednesday I will be the DH so we will see if I can remember all the steps and put them together for a quality cleaning!