Cold Sores

Today Jenny was supposed to be my patient but she has a cold sore and we are not able to treat patients with cold sores because it provides a potential mode of transportation to spread the disease. So I got to clean one of the TA's (Shaylee) teeth. It was good because she was able to give me a lot of feedback and suggestions that were very helpful. I was glad to have the experience.

I'm the patient again

I was Jenny story's patient today. She did a very good job and only poked me like once. So my full mouth cleaning is now complete. I am glad that they had us do these patient/operator days.

My Turn

Today in Clinic it was my turn to be the clinitian and Kirsten was my patient. I think that it was a very good learning experience to have the whole time in clinic as the clinitian. I was amazed however at howmuch time charting takes. Kirsten had a very clean mouth which made scaling easy. I cleaned two quads and had time to also place a sealant. It was a good day.

Patient Day

I also forgot about Monday in my last post so here it is. On Monday we were paired up with someone to simulate a real patient day one person was the clinitian and the other was the patient. I was a patient for Kirsten. She did an amazing job. I was really gald that I was put with her. On Wdnesday (our next clinic day) we have to switch. I hope that I can do as good of a job on her as she did on me. She didn't hurt me at all I was proud of her she has picked up things well.

Catching up

So I keep forgetting to write in this blog. Sometimes I feel like the hygiene department requiring us to blog is kind of a waste of time. It seems more of a nusance than benificial to me. Anyhow to get back on track I Forgot to write about last Wednesday and this last Monday. Last Wednesday we learned how to sharpen instruments manually. It's not much fun. I think I would rather use a machine. we also had to pass off our air powder polisher PE. I really hate that thing in my mouth. Its like a salty sandblaster. It was not much fun. Especially because you cannot use it on procelin or composite restorations. I got paired up with someone who had like four crowns and a buch of composites so I had to find a place in her mouth that I could use it to demonstrate how to use it. I ended up doing it on her anterior teeth and then just using water to demonstrate the angles I would use on her posterior teeth. since I could not air powder polish her restorations.

Seal me

So last week on Wednesday I stayed after clinic so that Kelsey could learn sealing teeth on me since she was going to be gone on Wednesday. On Monday the rest of us learned to perform sealants. I did not have very many teeth left to seal because I had had them as a child so the only ones remaining were the ones that the sealants had worn off. I do have to say though that the etching that they use to prep the tooth tastes really gross.

Party

So I have missed a few entries. On October 30th we had a hygiene Halloween party. I dressed up as a burn victim and I brought Aiden. He was a little fireman. We one a prize in the costume contest too. It was fun.