Week 4

Today I saw an 8 year old boy with mega amounts of calculus. He didn't have any cavities though, which was good. Then I helped Maryanne do sealents on his younger brother. The whole family came in and they were really great. In the afternoon I saw a young woman named Shelli. She didn't have a spic of calculus on her!!! It was the easiest 1B I have ever done. She couldn't have x-rays though, because she is trying to get pregnant.

Week 3

Today I saw a very friendly woman named Pat. She was a class 2, and pretty easy to clean. She was a very sweet woman, and she was actually Heidi W. patient, but Heidi graciously gave her to me. My afternoon patient was also a donor patient from Crystal. Her name was Darlene, and she was a class 1B. She was very pleasant and easy to work on. Prof. Gall helped me out a ton and gave me some good pointers. I used my Montana Jack, and am liking it very much. I was hoping I would like it because it's fun to say Montana Jack. TTFN.

Week 2

My second clinic session was pretty good. My sister finally came, and helped out a lot with pointers for me (ie-how to not gouge somebody's gums out, how to not rip somebodys' lip off, etc). I finished her cleaning and passed off the air powder PE. My afternoon patient was a return patient from last week who came back to have his sealants done. He was super terrific and Heidi and Jeff also got to do some sealants. As Ice Cube once said, "It was a good day".

I'm back, baby, I'm back!

I am officially back in the blogging world, if only for education purposes. I was instructed to write about clinic in a blog format, and what a day of clinic it was. My first patient of the day had the nerve to cancel on me the night before. For privacy reasons we will refer to her as M. Waters. No wait, that's to obvious, we'll call her Maria W. So at 8:oo p.m. the night before clinic I had to find a patient. I called a person that Mrs. Campbell had so graciously emailed me, and he was more than eager to come in. Turns out that he is the perfect board patient, and 3 out of the 4 quads qualify. I cleaned the quad that didn't qualify, and explained the situation to Mr. Berry. He said, and I quote, "I am a sucker for you, I do anything for you." I just hope he doesn't go back to jail or anything between now and May. My afternoon patient was a young lad of 17 years old, who was an easy 1B to clean, except my ultrasonic kept overheating. I got him done though, and also did a pano on him. Overall it was a good day, but I am still waiting for that magic moment when everything "clicks", and I finally understand how to be a hygienist. Until next time, TTFN. Ha!