Clinic 25

Today we learned how to be clinical assistants. I was nervous about having to do it but I think it will be good.  We also learned how to calmly handle emergency situations...run around screaming!  not really, we calmly spread the information from person to person. Hopefully I will remember what to do if that situation ever arises!  Yikes thats big responsibility!

clinic 24

WOW!  My first real patient.  I was pretty nervous to get started but I was really glad it was my dad and he has to love me no matter what! The OD was better than I thought it was going to be and faster. X-rays went well too!  Success!  I'm glad its done. Now I have all Christmas break to forget everything I've learned and then practice on other people:)

clinic 23

Day two of my mock patient. Boy it was kind of stressful!  It was my first time scaling an entire mouth. It took me longer than I thought it would. However, I did get to use the ultrasonic for the first time!!! It was quite exciting!  Its kind of hard to use but easier than I thought it would be.  I'm just grateful that I got through it all!
Up next...a real patient.

clinic 22!

Well, it was finally my turn to be operator. I kind of wish I had gotten it over with last week, however, it wasn't so bad.  It went pretty smoothly. I finally probed a whole mouth-it had been quite a while since I probed. I felt bad for Adrienne as I got back into the swing of things :) Its good to have the first half down.  I'm more worried about a week from today when I have my first real patient. Ah!  I can't believe we're already to the end of the semester! I'm almost a fourth of the way done!

Clinic 21

Day two of being a patient. Its great except for the beeping out in the hall!  Adrienne used the ultrasonic on me for the first time in my life. It was crazy. I'm excited to get to use it next week.  But she did a full cleaning and my mouth should now be spic-n-span!

clinic 20!

Today was great! I was patient all day!  Adrienne and I finally got to work together and I was finally allowed to be the patient!  Much to Adrienne's dismay.  She was very gentle.  After that I passed of my last PE for this semester!!! Whoot Whoot!  That's a great feeling.

clinic 19

Today went soooo much better than monday!  I still couldn't get worked on but i was able to pass of my PE's and have extra time to do sealants on Kelsey.  They're getting better.  I did get Kelsey alittle wet with the a/p polish but she did a good job protecting herself with the paper towels and gauze and cooton rolls. I wish we had a camera!  Also, I get to be the patient all next week and I'm really excited!!  Oh and Marilyn is AMAZING!  She carved us all soap teeth on which to practice. Seriously amazing!

clinic19

Wow, today was actually kind of stressful even though I didn't do as much as everyone else. It must be because we were doing sesalants...I don't like sealants!  I worked on Kelsey and gave here a really high sealant. Then I got to hand scale it down! But I eventually got it down and passed off. Then I just worked on the tx record and computer while everyone else worked since my lip was having issues.  Bah! Hopefully next clinic will go better.