Clinic 18

Today was interesting. Ahsley, Mollee and I helped with an oral cancer screening before lunch.  It was a good time to practice and luckily we didn't find anything!  But hopefully we will get some patients from it. In clinic we practiced our selective polish and learned how to air-powder polish. Its an interesting process. Essentially its a light sandblast for the tooth. It didn't seem to go to bad. I have no clue if I was doing it correctly but I'll find out once someone has stains. Then we did our dental screening PE which everyone was nervous for. I'm awaiting results.  I hope it went well:) 
Results just in.... I PASSED!!

Clinic 17

Today went really well!  Julie worked on me and then I worked on Julie.  While we waited to pass of PE's I was able to scale almost the entire mouth!  And I actually felt like I knew what I was doing! I wasn't perfect but it definitely was coming back.  Then I passed of my OHI PE and it went really well! It always feels good when it goes well. Plus now...we're off to a lunch and learn!

Clinic 16

Today was pretty nice!  I just about fell asleep.  I was the patient and layed back while Kayla did amazing work.  She's so good!  We eventually switched though so that i could pass off some PE's.  I did universal scaling.  It was pretty frustrating at first. I felt like I wasn't getting it at all but it eventually came back to me.  And I passed it off!!!  woot woot! 

Clinic 15

Today we did it all...to a certain point.  I was the operator. We went through health history, took vitals, did the exam, probing and the funnest...disclosing and OHI! ha!  But it was good. It was helpful to do it in an order and I felt really good about probing.  I'm excited for the next clinic when i get to sit back and relax for Kayla!

Clinic 14

Today was exciting. By the end of the day we all had blue mouths!  We used the disclosing agents on our teeth to check our plaque free index.  Then we brushed each other's teeth and flossed. whoot whoot!  We passed off our explorer instrument PE. It takes me a minute to remember what all the different instruments are used and how to properly use them. I'm glad we get alot of time to practice in the days ahead!!!

Clinic 13

Well today was a big day!  We worked on posterior scaling with a universal scaler (Kelsey would call it a worldwide technique).  Its kinda tricky! The instructors were very helpful though.  My partner today was Kayla, she did a really well and then she let me work on her.  She was a helpful patient. I'm sure with practice I will get it all down.  I did get to pass of  my probing PE.  It went pretty well.  It still sometimes blows me away when I think of all the things we're doing. I used to just watch these things being done, now I'm the one doing them. That's a big responsibility! But it's fun!!

clinic 12

We scaled... AHHH!!! It actaully wasn't so bad, but kinda nerve racking and its hard to make sure I'm using the correct technique. We worked on anterior teeth only. Karlee was gracious enough to let me practice on her again (actually it was her idea). But I think it went well. Its crazy to think we are starting to learn how to actually clean teeth. This is pretty much what my life will soon consist of...scaling!