Signing Off!

Well today was my last official day of class and tomorrow I just have to finish the Radiology practical exam and meet with Prof Costley to review everything and then...dare I say....I AM DONE FOR THE YEAR!!!! YAY!! It seriously has FLOWN by! I will be graduating before I know it! YAY! I am thankful that I decided to go back to school and I am thankful I was accepted into WSU's dental hygiene program! I love learning hygiene and it will definetely help provide for my family! :0) See ya next year!

CA

I am excited to be a CA next semester! I like doing the reception duties. And since I have done stuff like that for the last 10 years, I hope I will catch on quick and not make too many mistakes! I am a little scared for testing the x-ray solution and running all the instruments! There are a lot of things to do, hopefully I don't get yelled at! :0)

Final CLINIC Day!

Yesterday was our final clinic day for the semester! YAY! It will be nice to take a break before all the scary actually working on real patient days begin! We went over our last PE! WAHOO! And we went over CA duties and Emergency prepardness. Lets just say I hope none of my patients ever have an emergency!

Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving break was wonderful! It was so nice to have time off and not worry about anything! But when I came back to clinic after a week off, my brain pretty much shut off! It was so hard for me to remember everything! I am now scared of coming back after a month off for Christmas break! Hopefully it will all come back to me!

First Real Patient...Part 2

Once I had time to do my x-rays, I took my dad in and did 4 BWX, I didn't get distal enough on the molars so I had to do one retake. They turned out pretty good, but I am having a really hard time seeing pathology on the x-rays. I thought they looked fine but after the instructor evaluated them they found cavities and bone loss that I couldn't really see. I guess I give them the benefit of the doubt and think their mouth is fine! :0( Once x-rays were over I finally got back and could start scaling, but we were pretty much out of time, so I quickly scaled one quad and got all the very prominant calculus off the lower anteriors and then it was time to walk the patient out. It was a good experience, but I don't feel ready to start seeing patients next semester!

First Real Patient...Part 1

I had my first real patient last Monday. I was scared, but not too bad. I had my dad come in so it was good! I learned that it takes FOREVER to do everything that we have to do! Holy Cow! After I finished HHX & HHXRX & INTRA & EXTRA & OD it had been like 2 hours! Then came x-rays and waiting for an instructor check...oh my!

I Do Like the Ultrasonic!

At first I was scared of the ultrasonic because I have had it used on me and I didn't like it because it hurt! But I got to use it the other day on some heavy calculus and that stuff was FLYING off! It was the coolest thing ever! I think I do like the ultrasonic now! :0)

Scaling will be my downfall...

Right now I am pretty comfortable with everything and do most of it in an timely manner, except scaling. I have a hard time knowing the difference between calculus and tooth and so I spend forever on one quad. Eeeek!