Air Powder Polisher- OUCH!

Today we polished each others teeth using two methods. The first was the selective polishing which felt like a nice little massage, then came the air powder polisher! It felt really bad on the tongue and cheek and the flavor taste awful! But I'm glad that we learned how to use it because i want to try it on future tough stains!

No Time For Practice :/

Today was cut short because we had a presentation to attend. So I had about 45min to work on my patient and by the time that I finished disclosing and passing off two P.E.'s, it was time to switch! So I was a little bummed because I was hoping for time to practice. Hopefully on Wednesday we will have a little more time.

Be An Operator Day!

Today I was able to practice the whole clinic on Maren! It was great! For the first time in clinic i didnt feel rushed. I was able to go through the whole rundown with her including the OHI and probing one quad. I felt like today was a great runthrough of what I will really be doing with patients in just a few months :)

Be A Patient Day!

Today was so relaxing in clinic! I was the patient first and so I sat in Maren's chair and she ran through the whole sha-bang with me! When it came close to switch time, Prof. Costley decided to have those who were pt. stay pt. and those who were practicing could continue practicing. It was helpful for me because I have never been a pt. first so this time I will know what to do when its my turn!

Off the Chart!

Today we charted eachothers mouths. It wasn't too bad because we went over it in class yesterday. Also the girl that i charted didnt have many fillings so it there was a lot of time to practice. I practiced sclaing anterior and posteriorly!

Purple Teeth and Explore PE- Check :)

Today was a lot of fun in clinic! We used disclosing agents on each other to do a PFI and it was such an eye opening experience to see the areas we all need to work on. It was fun to see everyone with purple mouth and teeth ;) I also was able to pass of my exploring PE which I was kinda nervous for. But I did great and am ready for more practice!

Maren- The Good Sport ;)

Today in clinic we used our curets to scale the posterior teeth! I felt like I get the hang of scaling much better than I did when I first started probing or exploring! Maren was my pt today and I was so grateful that she was such a good sport because I felt like I made her bleed on almost every tooth. But she was a grate and let me continue anyway :) It was a lot of fun and I love being a pre-hygienist!

First day of Scaling :)

Scaling was SO MUCH FUN! I was supper nervous to scale at first because I felt like i didnt know what i was doing, so I made Michelle scale me first :) When it was my turn to scale, I felt way too nervous to go subgingivally but then as i got the adaption and angulation down, i did it! Michelle said it didnt even hurt :) The 30 min. of practice went by so fast that I wished I could stay and practice just a little more. It was a fun day in clinic!