Want me to sandblast your mouth?!

Today we did the Air-Powder Polish, Selective Polish and Fluoride Treatment. The air-poweder polishing feels like you're being sandblasted....it's not so bad on your teeth, but on the gums...OUCH!! I don't think I'll be doing that on my patients unless it's an absolute neccessity. We also passed off our Dental Screening PE and that wasn't as bad as everyone else made it out to be. I'm just glad this day is over.....if it wasn't for that dang varnish on my teeth I'd be a happy hygiene-er!

Is It Nap Time?!

We learned how to use the Ultrasonic Scaler today and it was a little scary. You could do some serious damage if you use it incorrectly. I almost drowned today while I was the patient! There is so much water flow involved and the Blue Boa just didn't do the trick. I got to relax in the chair for a bit while we were waiting for the instructor to come over, and then by the time it was my turn we only had 15 minutes left so I just studied for the PE. I guess I'll practice with the Ultrasonic a different day.

PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

We had a catch up day again....and this time I actually feel like I got something accomplished. I passed off the Intra-Oral Camera PE and that was pretty fun. The rest of the time we did some charting, probed, and then practiced scaling. Our Universal Intrumentation was due today and I passed it off, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at it. I'm still a bit nervous to go subgingivally so Prof. Costley said my goal for next time is to get under the gums. I guess I'm a wuss, cause one of the other instructors told me I need to get brave and just do it. AUGH!! My poor Monday patient :)

So much for getting caught up.....

Today we learned how to use the intra-oral camera. It was so fun to see things that close up!! The rest of the time we were supposed to be practicing and getting caught up....so much for that! I didn't pass off any PE's so I guess I'll focus on doing that Wednesday. Not a very productive day for me!!!

How many fillings do you have?!?

We did dental screenings today and learned how to chart. I found out that I have fillings on 11 of my teeth...all but two of them are occlusal...which makes total sense because I eat candy all day long. I got to pass off my Eaglesoft treatment plan and Instrument Classification PE's today, so now I am all caught up again. YAY!! I got done so early today so I've just been hanging out waiting for pod wrap...and it's that time now....so I'm outta here!!!

Disclosing Agents

Today in Clinic we got to put a disclosing agent on our

partner's teeth and check their PFI %. It was pretty

funny to see each other with purple mouths!!

My PFI% was pretty low, which ISN'T good!! I guess I

shouldn't have had breakfast before class since I didn't

get to brush and floss after. Oh well....at least my partner

got a lot of practice with scaling :)

YAY!!

Today I passed off my Probing and Exploring PE's. It still makes me really nervous to go subgingivally, but I guess getting over that fear will come with time. We learned how to scale on the posterior teeth today and that was pretty fun. Oh, and we learned how to do a patient treatment plan on Eaglesoft. Pretty easy stuff!! This school week is now officially more than halfway over......YIPEE!!!!!!

S...C...A...L...I...N...G

That title is supposed to make is sound scary :)
Today we learned how to scale supragingivally on the anterior teeth. It was so exciting. I actually liked this a lot more than the probe and explorer. It makes me nervous to go under the gums. I was JOKING that I should just be an assistant since they might get to do the supragingival scaling in the future. And we got to pair up with someone from a different pod so I got to be with Kirsten for the first time, and that was pretty fun. I have to pass off my Probing and Explorer PE Wednesday so I hope my partner is brave......