Exploring-Hansen Style

Today was a HUGE eye-opening experience for me! I learned how to explore the back molars a different way today and that has helped me so so much! I LOVE having Dr. Hansen as my instructor because she has taught me so many things I didn’t know I was doing wrong. I try to remember them by writing them down when I leave clinic, so hopefully I can remember the exploring technique she taught me today!!!

Apparently My Neck Is Beautiful…

Tuesday clinic was so bad im going to pretend like it never happened. Thursday at the VA went a little better :) I had a really nice pt in the morning, and then in the afternoon I was assigned a pt who had the note that said the following:

“Pt suffers from short term memory loss and will continue to repeat inappropriate comments in a sexual tone.”

So when Prof. McConaughy saw that I had this pt she told me to keep my distance and when he said anything inappropriate to just try to get him back on track and return to his cleaning. He didn’t say anything too bad at first, just repeating to me that my hair was beautiful and speaking French over and over to me. When I started the ultrasonic on him he asked me what I was doing later that night and I just pretended to not hear him. Then when I was done with the ultrasonic he told me I had a very beautiful neck in a very sensual tone. EWWW! CREEPY! But I made it through the apt with no real issues and although it was slightly uncomfortable, at least it was due to his brain damage and at least he wasn’t grumpy and creepy!

Happy Hygienist Indeed!

Mockboards went SO much better than I thought it would ever go! I am so pleased with how it went, and I am so happy that all the girls pts showed up! I felt like we all did good and I think that I learned a lot about how I need to really pay attention when feeling for calculus. I like what Prof. Alexander said in pod wrap about taking a few minutes break after scaling and then going back to the pt to feel for calculus. I will for sure do this from now on :) GOOD JOB to all the girls in Tuesday clinic, and GOOD LUCK to all Thursdays clinic (I will be praying for you all)!

What An Experiance!

Children's Health Connection was pretty cool! We had some really good kids and some not so really good kids. I was in radiology on Friday and that was a treat, but me and MeChelle make a great team and did awesome together! Julie also taught me some cool new tricks to help make my contacts a little more open :) Today I was in Hygiene! First pt of the day was DEFINITELY Mock Board Material, and was the sweetest thing ever! Then the rest of the day I saw pt that were teenagers and above! It didn't feel like a children's clinic very much cuz i only saw about three real 1A's. All and all it was a GREAT experience and i feel so much better about cleanings and x-rays and i even got to use the tricks that were taught to us in lab this past week!

Moves Like Jagger!

I have that song stuck in my head...Today was a good day!!! I found my mockboard pt at last min :) Im super happy that everyone in our clinic found them! I am praying that Thursdays clinic find them too. Also, I liked the lab for the afternoon because it taught me more tricks for instrumentation that i can use next week during mockboards. My goal is to remember the tricks and use them! And THANKS to all those who prayed for me to find a mockboard! It worked :)