LAST PE PASSOFF!!!!

Today i passed of my last PE! It was sharpening and it was supper easy :) I am so excited for this semester school work to be over, but i wish we could continue to go to clinic through the break. Im nervous that i will be rusty when i return and I still want a ton more practice! Im sure it will be fine but im just getting a little anxious :) I realized that next time I have a pt in my chair it will be my first pt. YAY!

Mock Pt. Day #2....(I'm So Sorry Michelle)

Today was kinda a wreck for me! On one hand I was so grateful for this mock pt day, but on the other hand, I felt like it was more of a learning day. I wanted so badly and I thought I was prepared to just have instructors help me in a few areas, but instead I was needing help on almost everywhere in the mouth. I was a little disappointed in myself. I am truly grateful that I was able to practice on a peer, but I'm more nervous than i was before to work on an actual patient and I'm double guessing myself if im even ready.

Mock Pt. Day #1....(Good Luck Michelle)

Today was the first real run through for how to do everything! I read in my clinic manual last night so that I could review everything and I felt ready for today! I felt it went ok, there were silly little things I forgot but it was mainly because I was a little nervous, but overall, my pt. survived and so did I :)

Sharp...Sharper...Sharpest!

Today we learned how to sharpen our instruments! It was helpful that we had little sheets showing us the angles that we needed to hold our instrument and the angle we needed to move the stone. It was not as hard as I thought it would be because I felt that I understood how to check for dullness and use light to see if I had sharpened it enough :)

Seal em up ;)

Today we did sealants on each other and I was working with both Brooke and Kelsey! They both did a sealant on me and I got to do one on Brooke! It was a ton of fun and I wished I had more time to practice sealants.

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.