Practice

Today in clinic we used the disclosing tablets and then practiced scaling anteriors. It was good practice. It was also cool to get to use the intraoral camera those things are so good for patient education. I like it when they can see what you can. I think it will make OHI so much more effective! Anyway today was crazy cause I drove from my parents house this morning and would have been on time except for the fact that I either missed the exit to get on 89 from Legacy or Legacy only connects to I-15. Anyway it set me back and I was late sadly, so I am sorry for anyone who was impacted by that. I will have to plan for that type of thing next time, if I ever drive back from home before class again.

Oral Cancer Screenings

After clinic today I went down and helped do oral cancer screenings in the union building. It was a really good experience. I felt like we helped make people aware that oral cancer is out there. I don't think it is something most people really think about. I also feel a lot more comfortable doing intra and extraoral examinations. It was awesome and I realized again how much I love what I am going into. Its great to help people and I just love helping out this way. I think I like it even more now than I did before.

Instruments

Monday we went over all our instruments. It was good to actually find out what they are I was kind of wondering. Im sure by the end Ill know what they are just at a glance, but for now I will just have to study them. It was also good to go over exploring again. That definitely helped.

1st day scaling!

Today was our very first day of scaling anterior teeth! I was pretty excited. I told my dad what we were doing today on the phone last night. I think I did okay I need to work on getting up on my fulcrum and being parallel to the tooth I am scaling. It was getting better by the end. I think I definitely am going to have to do exercises for all my muscles and maybe marry a massage therapist. =) No, I think itll be fine after awhile.

Marathon

I decided to title this one marathon cause it felt like we had to do everything today in a short amount of time. It wasn't too bad though, in all honesty it was probably pretty good practice to work within a time constraint because that is what we will be doing later in private practice. Lately I have been paying very close attention to how I brush and floss my teeth they feel cleaner already! Hopefully my PFI will go up soon. It was good to go over things again. I think if I just learned it, passed it off, and didn't do it again or for awhile I would forget it. Well ta ta for now.

Purple teeth!

Today we disclosed the plaque on out teeth it was interesting to see where I need to improve. It was also fun to see everyone with purple and pink teeth! I think this is going to be good with patients because they can see for themselves where they need to improve. Now if I could figure out who my first patient is that would be good. =)

Charting

I liked charting today. I am so glad I was an assistant before coming into this! I just feel more comfortable with the whole atmosphere. What a blessing! We had our second SADHA meeting today it went pretty good I hope that the oral cancer screening activity coming up has a good turnout. I think clinic is one of my favorite parts of this whole thing its cool to get into it and actually practice skills I will need for the rest of my life. Well I guess thats enough random thoughts for now. I am sure I will come up with some later.