My SISsY!

Jilly Willy came in to see me today! It was so fun to have her here and to clean her teeth! She loved my new glasses that I got and had to take a picture.. She is funny. I accidentally sprayed her with the ultrasonic, (probably due to my new glasses that are basically binoculars that magnify everything) Sorry sis. Other than that though everything went pretty good! We were able to finish her all today which was so great. Thanks Jilly for being my patient! You're the best!

My goals for today were to get my intra-oral camera PE done along with my ultrasonic #1. I accomplished my goals, but still missed 4 spots today. My neck is really killing me. I don't know if its my bad posture or what, but it kills. I used my loupes for the first time today and they were awesome at first, but I took them off half way through the appointment because they were just bugging me. I'm sure I just need to get use to them. Here are some cute pics from today:

Another day, another dollar

Today went pretty good... I dont know why, but I am missing so many spots lately.... its not even funny! My other class 2 patient came back today and he is so awesome and easy to work on. I used the ultrasonic and LOVED it! Instructor Demmings taught me for the linguals of the lower anteriors to sit at 8:00 and it worked so good! I was so excited she taught me that! My goal today was to pass off 2 PE's the ultrasonic #2 PE and the Universal #2 PE which were both a success! I went to aerobics this mornin at 5:45 so I am so beat and ready for lunch! Overall a good day, I need to work on my technique interproximal and practice being better at instrumentation.

Wednesday=BEST dAy EVeR!

Wednesday clinic was awesome! Okay, so first I must tell you about our lovely weekend we spent in the Uintah's at the Bear River Lodge cabins! :) We left on Saturday morning, borrowed the in-laws Yukon so we could haul my brother's precious snowmobiles that he so kindly let us borrow for the weekend all the way up to the Uintah's! We had SO much fun! We snowmobiled Saturday, Sunday, and went out for a few hours Monday morning. We watched movies, played games, drank hot chocolate and stayed up late! It was so fun and relaxing at the same time. it was much needed and I'm so glad we were able to do it. We made it back all in one piece....

ALMOST...

I hit a rock and about flew off my snowmobile, my back is still sore..

and we broke a piece off my snowmobile too... :( Yuck, I know, Thankfully it wasn't very expensive to repair, but I felt so awful. My cute brother handled it really well and I have got to think of something nice to do for him.

Okay, so back to clinic...

I saw the sweetest little 16 year old girl who was so cute. She was so excited to get her teeth cleaned! My goal for the day was I really wanted to finish her in ONE appointment. I know I know, how could this be hard you might ask seeing that we have 3 hours to finish. Let me tell you, it is so hard and I hadn't done it yet. Untill.... Wednesday! That's right! I finished her from start to finish and even took a Pano in one day!!! It is the greatest feeling. She had sheet calculus on the LA's which I spotted. I missed 4 teeth on my patient last week on the LA's so I was determined to not miss any spots on the anteriors this time. I was so proud because I didn't miss those spots but I did miss 2 spot on the premolar and molar. Two spots in the whole mouth.. not too bad... I'm shooting for 0 spots on my class 2 on Monday!

Shoot for the SkY

I reached my goal on Monday at clinic! I had just 3 goals in mind for the day:

1. Finish 4 quads=the whole mouth of a Class 2

2. Pass off the exploring #2 (class 2 or class 3) PE

3. Pass off the anterior scaling #2 PE

It felt so good to not only set a goal before clinic started, but to actually accomplish the goal! I didn't do as great as I had hoped with the scaling, I missed 4 spots on the lingual of the lower anteriors. My patients teeth were pretty malposed which made it extremely hard! The calculus on this particular patient was so tenacious! I used the ultrasonic a little bit at the first, but I was a little timid using it. I'm not totally comfortable with it just yet. On tooth # 15 which is located on the UL right by the parotid gland had so much calculus that took forever to get off and I couldn't even get it all! It was stubborn stuff!! It was a good learning experience though and I will hopefully do better next time.

Valentine's was so much fun. Heath had night class and didnt come home till a little after 8. I had a big dinner all ready and he brought home flowers and chocolate, the best V-day gift ever! We watched a chick flick and ate chocolate cake for dessert. We are going away this weekend to go snowmobiling which we are SO excited about!

A few kind words made MY day

Today was a good day. I started out clinic feeling overwhelmed, but by the end I felt confident. I finished my first quad of a class 2 patient today. My patient was the nicest guy ever! As I was walking him out he said to me, "You are so good, when you graduate and are working at an office I am going to follow you there". Isn't that so sweet?!?!?!

IT MAdE mY DaY!!!

I feel excited and happy! I LOVE clinic days! They are so much fun and full of so many good learning opportunities! Tommorow I get to be my peer pal's patient for her anesthesia boards..... you know what that means?! ShoTs! :( wish me luck!

Class V continued :)

I finished up my class V patient today! WAHOO!! This has been another HARD week! I know, I know, thats what I said last week but honestly... Am I cut out for this?!? Sometimes I wonder if I am smart enough to be in this program. We have so many smart, amazing, brilliant souls in our class. Today has been a good day though. I attended the Liason meeting for all the clubs at WSU representing SADHA aka the dental hygiene club and it got me super excited about all the activities coming up. I hope that we can come together and get involved and participate in our school activites. I got to clinic and got a letter saying that I get to be a TA next year for my favorite instructor (Perry's) class! I am SO excited!! Clinic was challenging but good, I missed 1 spot which is pretty good and I got off most of the tenacious stain which was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I used the ultrasonic, but still dont feel super comfortable with it. It was so neat working on my first "stranger" patient. She was so sweet and I just loved her! I am so grateful to be in this program and getting to learn so many great things not only about school, but LIFE! :)