Last Clinic Day.....for first semester

Yep! Donezo!!! No more clinic this year!!
But I am super nervous for next semester!! It will be interesting to see how everything folds out!! Yikes!!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

Wow! All i can say is thank the heavens above today is over. It went really smoother than I pictured it going, but i must say, the whole x-ray thing held us up! I had my cute lil sister come and be my very first patient ever! She was so so brave! It was fun to put everything we learned, especially radiology, together and be an actual hygienist. haha if you can call us that!
It was all the emotions you could think of all wrapped up into one big mess!!
Stress
Anger
Frustration
Excitement
Anxious
Surprised....
Basically to sum it up, you name it I felt it. I still dont believe we are ready to take second semester by the reins and go for it. I feel like we dont even know what we are doing yet! Good heavens, what is this world coming too?!! haha I guess we have to get thrown into the wild sometime!
Overall it was fun and quite the experience. I was not able to scale any quads on Kendra because everything else took too much time. I need to manage time better thats for sure. But thank heavens it went smoother than I thought, now I guess I can actually sleep tonight since its over....p.s.
I AM SO SO READY FOR THANKSGIVING BREAK!! Its sad to say, but I have actually already checked out....so bad right?....It happens to the best of us.

Im the patient AGAIN!! BOOYA!

Ok folks, so today was our last day as being the patient. Guess who took a nap today?....ME!
April was my operator and boy was she just fabulous! We are just a little bit nervous for our real, and I mean REAL patient day on monday! Lets just say I will not be getting any sleep on sunday night that is for sure! I am freaking out already and its only WEDNESDAY!!!! AHHHHH!!!
Anyways, I think I know what im doing, but I guess we will just see if i do for sure come monday!! Ü
I can not wait to see what my monday post will be saying!! Oh i can only imagine! Heaven help me!

B.E.S.T Week ever.

So guess who was the patient today....
ME
Did i have the time of my life?
YES!
Did I paint my fingernails for clinic?
YES!
Did I wear super big earrings?
YES!
Did I stress at all sunday night about what was to come for clinic the next day?
NOPE!!
Was life so wonderful, just sitting in the chair, sleeping, and singing to Jason Derulo (Of course he was on the radio, I would not just bust out in song...thats embarrassing.)
YES IT WAS WONDERFUL!!!
CLINIC WAS COMPLETE BLISS TODAY...NOTHIN' BUT RELAXATION!

Mock Patient Day Numero Dose!

Day 2 was on wednesday, and let me tell ya....I think we kind of get the hang of how this whole "clinic" thing works. I better not jinx myself. But little by little and practice after practice we are finally getting it. April was my cute patient again, and yes I was able to clean out her pretty little mouth. It was exciting. The main thing that takes so much stinkin' time is the filling out the chart. Literally it becomes a pain, but of course we understand why we do what we do. Overall, the patient day went fabulous!! Pod 1 rocks my socks!! Whoo hoo!! Now this coming week, we totally get to relax and watch everyone else freak out! yahoo! This is going to be one heck of a treat! hahaha

Pre-Mock Patient Day....YIKES!

OK...So let me lay out what clinic was like today!
First of all...ALL WEEKEND we have been STRESSIN' about who was going to be the operator or patient for this week! Of course, we find out the night before and it gives us no time...IM TALKIN' ZERO time to prepare ourselves! So of course, as luck would have it, I was the operator for this week!
So in easier terms, that means I GET TO STRESS ALL WEEK AND FREAK OUT OVER STUFF I KNOW, BUT FORGET WHEN I GET TO MY POD! Ü
Everyone in my pod was stressing! Atleast we were all in it together and felt each others pain!
We got to be with Pod 2 which is our great friends, and boy did we have fun!! I had my friend April as my patient!! She is always so good to me! We actually got to see everyone in "real" street close! We got to walk out and get them and bring them back like a real patient! It was so fun! It actually was not bad at all! Once I got in the hang of what I was suppose to do, I actually liked clinic!! It was not bad at all!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!! I actually felt a little bit more comfortable with probing and filling out HHx and OD. It all comes together little by little! Plus with the help of peers it was nice to stay on track! I was able to scale 2 quads on Apes! I am super proud of myself!! Today went alot smoother than I pictured it, but overall we had a good day!!
In Pod wrap Prof. Costley asked if we were all able to get probing done (aka the WHOLE ENTIRE MOUTH) and when we all said yes, she about fell out of her chair!! Apparently, we are the first class ever to finish with probing the whole mouth!! HOLLA!! What class rocks?!....The class of 2013 baby!! Ya what!! No ones got nothin on us!! Oh ya! Ü

The Sharper the Better!

Clearly we learned how to sharpen today! Our instruments are not dull, so sharpening was not too bad. Im sure as we go along, it will get super dull, and then the sharpening stone will come out!
Yet again, today was a good practice day with everything! I passed off 3 pe's! THATS RIGHT FOLKS, 3!! I finally feel like I am caught up! I passed off Air/Powder polishing, Flouride and Sealant! Easy to do, and what a nice day it was to get everything done and practic! Kayla was my patient, and boy was she easy. We cruised through everything quite fast!! Which was nice for once, because usually I am not as fast. It was nice for a change! I was able to put a sealant on Erin!
Oh and let me tell ya how many sealants good ole Candice got in her mouth today....Im thinkin about 4! FOUR?!! Can you believe that?! My good old teeth are deep suckers! Ü
Good Clinic day!! Yahoo!

Seal it baby...SEAL IT!!

Obviously we learned sealants today!! OH MY HOW FUN!! I honestly liked clinic today! It was a little scary at first because Hello...Im sealing off a tooth! Not ok! But in these instances it is ok because we want to protect from cavities! Hailey was my partner and we had fun! We had plenty of teeth to seal, but sadly we could only seal one. But hey, thats one less tooth at risk, right?! Right! Clinic is getting down to the nitty gritty, and it is freakin me out! We will be seeing patients in no time! Its Halloween today, and man did that spring up on us fast! Next thing ya know, Thanksgiving will be here....wow! That is disgusting! haha
I wish I was little because I miss dressing up and going trick-or-treating and getting millions of pieces of candy! Oh those were the good ole days! Wish I was a kid again...just for tonight!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

We dont just polish our shoes silly, we polish TEETH!!!

Ok so in a nutshell, we did all of the following in clinic today:

• Air/Powder Polishing (Might I add, that sucker KILLS!!)


• Selective Polishing (Fun!)


• Fluoride Varnish ( Oh sweet heavens, that stuff is caca!)

So sweet Erin was my partner! Love her!! I went first in her chair while she was the operator, and then I was second. The best part of today was the word REVENGE! hahaha jk just kidding, it really wasnt but we had fun!! With the "sand blaster" it literally rips off your gums, cheeks, lips, and tongue! You must be VERY careful in where you point that thing! Its a crazy little bugger! So good old erin was just practicing all her stuff on me and blowin my face away! Then she puts on the varnish...da da DA! You sweep the brush with one complete stroke and move on! Well lets just say, Erin DID get the concept of fluoride varnish!! Ü hahaha

Im totally just kidding! Erin was amazing! She always is! We just laugh practically the whole time and try to be good at whatever was taught!! WE had fun!

And just a side note!....When I was her operator...you best believe I learned fluoride varnish VERY well! Ü

Passed some PE's off today! Clinic was good!

Treatment Planning

Today was so nice! Easy day. We passed off OHI and learned how to make a treatment plan for our patients. It was much needed today. Nothing much to talk about today, but overall it was nice. We have Prof. Costley's Exam 2 this week, and life will be good once we get that out of the way. I will be studying all night long for it!! Yikes!

Curets...yuck.

Soo...today sucked! I know your probably thinking..."Wow, alittle harsh" right? But today I am just going to vent, because I can!!
I hated clinic! Honestly, I have not felt so inadequate and frustrated more than I did today within those 4 hours. Let me give you some background info first. I have not...I repeat..I HAVE NOT been able to practice posterior scaling AT ALL!! We BARELY get enough time to do everything we have to do in clinic, so that leaves us with zero time for practicing pe's. And its not like we can practice at home all the time, because we have a junk load of exams, quizzes, assignments to do every single week. Am I venting?....yes! Ü Can you tell I am frustrated?! Yes!! Anyways, today was the day posterior curet pe was due. Freaking out just a little would be the understatement of the year!!! So, cute April was my patient today! I just love her to pieces. She was so patient with me and my practicing, that I did not even get to disclose her or even give OHI. Ridiculous right?!! I swear so much is squeezed into a 4 hour clinic that I dont ever have time for anything!! Instructor Hafen was kind enough to watch me and give me hints and tips about what I needed to work on, etc. She is just fabulous. Honestly, if all teachers were just like her, every child would walk away UNDERSTANDING and GAINING so much more than they ever expected. Brilliant lady I tell ya! Love her!! Good news is....I PASSED. Bad news is, I still dont like clinic...shocker right? Im sure I will....eventually...but as of right now, I dont. And I think I have the right to feel like that haha!
Side note: FALL BREAK IS FINALLY HERE!! Geez Louise its been ages since we have had a break. Its about dang time!! Of course I will be relaxing and doing anything but homework! Ü

Cheese....your on Candid Camera!

So today in clinic was...lets just say....ROUGH!! Seriously! We did not meet in the instructors pod to cover todays activities. Instead we all get a surprise and get to seat our patient and start with everything we have learned. WOW!! NOT COOL!! We were all freaking out, but after we figured it out, then we were all on a roll. It seemed like I forgot EVERYTHING. Seriously. It was rough. We have been learning everything in chunks so its difficult to put it all together. I forgot when I needed a signature, etc. Oh well atleast we got help. It was nice, but scary all at once. I still feel awkward and weird, but with time it will come. I passed off anterior scaling and angulation, adaptation, and activiation pe today. It was one busy day, but luckily we survived....barely!
On another note....FOOTLOOSE WAS AMAZING!!! WHOOP WHOOP!!

All I talk about is TEETH!

So ladies and gents...what do you think my blog is about today?!! Any guesses?.....did you say teeth?.....guess what....YOU RIGHTTTTTT!!!! Hello, do I EVER post about anything else? (Besides the fact that FOOTLOOSE will be touching our lives in two magnificant days!! YES 2! Numero Dose!! AHHHH I CAN NOT WAIT!!
ANYWAYS...lets get back to the only thing that takes over my life, the
ony thing I focus all my attention on, SCHOOL!!!
So today in clinic we learned how to Dental chart. So lucky me, I got to work on my dear friend Laken. So first and foremost, I would just like to say this girl has a twinner mouth just like myself!! See, when you look in someones mouth on a day to day basis, (well almost day to day) you really get to see them on a different level! haha That sounded so awkward, but just go with it!! As I was exploring through her mouth with my mirror and explorer, of course, I found out that Laken is missing both her 1st premolars on her maxillae like me!! That is about the only "twin" thing we have. She has her 1st premolars on her mandible gone as well, because according to her, "She has huge horse teeth, so the Dentist had to pull those horse teeth so all her teeth could fit into her mouth!"
That was possibly the most exciting thing in that mouth! Lame I know! Ü
After charting, I was able to practice my anterior scaling on Mrs. Hintze! She is such a trooper, all I do is poke at her and Im STILL allowed to be her friend. Geez Louise, how did I get so lucky with amazing pod buds! I had a couple AHA MOMENTS as well today!!
AHA MOMENT #1: Tip ALWAYS stays on the tooth, and you HAVE to adapt on anteriors super duper quick, or blood comes!
AHA MOMENT #2: You use an exploratory stroke with your instrument, AS SOON as you "get stuck" apply Lateral Pressure to the tooth, and pull towards the tooth AND the tip. CAUTION: DO NOT PULL BACK!!! Dang us first years! Ü
Overall, clinic was not bad!! I didn't hate it, and I didn't love it, so that is still ok! We are improving on the "hate!"

Purple. People. Eater.

Today in clinic was actually fun/enjoyable. Yahoo, right! I am always so stressed that it never feels like I can have fun with it, because Im constantly freaking out about a PE needing to be passed off!! Today we were switched up and put with different partners in clinic today! Michelle was my patient/operator! We had lots of fun looking at each others mouths! Its kind of nice sometimes to switch it up and check out different mouths. Michelle was so kind, even when I practiced my scaling on her!! Poor girl, I poked her SOOO MANY TIMES, but she got pay back! haha I love clinic because if you think your going to leave without your gums bleeding, think again! It will happen!! But we used disclosing agent today, ya know the purple stuff that you swoosh around in your mouth to see where you missed with brushing/flossing. It was really neat because it actually makes you realize where you are missing and you actually have to take accountablility for it, you cant blame it on anything else. So disclosing agents + you = you fessing up to what you missed! I actually was surprised to see what my PFI index score was and see where I miss! Definitely a heads up, and makes you realize what you need to fix and do better! If only our patients (real patients) would learn! I loved the disclosing agent so much, that I really want to get some and take it around the town and just show people what they are missing!! Think of how FUN that would be!! Everyone with purple and pink mouths!!
P.s. DANCING WITH THE STARS IS ON TONIGHT!!!! OHHHH YA!!
And....FOOTLOOSE COMES OUT FRIDAY!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!!

Scaling with the Curets!!!

Ok first things first.....MODERN FAMILY IS TOTALLY ON TONIGHT!!! Thank heavens!! I need some laughter tonight!!
Clinic today was STRESSFUL!! I had two PE's to pass off...yep thats right folks numero dose!!! Ya kill me!!! I could not sleep last night because all I was thinking about was how to PROBE AND EXPLORE!! Yuck! Like seriously, cant a girl get some sleep!!! Anyways, I just had to go for it!! I needed to stop thinking about it and know that I CAN do this!! I dont think I will ever feel confident completely when passing off a pe, but I still feel like I know it! Thats the part I need to realize is that with practice it will come!! I passed, and I feel like I did well, I will just definitely be practicing alot!!! We learned universal curets today, and I hardly got anytime because I was practicing my probing and exploring on my dear friend erin! Oh well I will be practicing that like crazy!!! Life + School = Stressful!!
Oh just a side note....remember when I thought fulcruming was horrible?!....hahaha now i just laugh all about that!! Fulcruming is not too bad for me at all right now. See...with practice comes perfection hahaha i am far from that though!!
Enjoy your night!!! I definitely will be!

Scaling...its what Hygiene is all about.

So im thinking that right about now we have hit the mother load of all mother loads. Its that point in clinic where we have began to learn how to scale. We have been inching our way up to this point and now that we are here it scares the crap out of me!! I feel not so scared with working in the mouth as I use to be. I am not as comfortable at it quite yet, but im sure "with time" i will get there. Oh and did i mention...the PE'S ARE GETTING STACKED UP!! Seriously my life never is anything but stress! I did not pass off any PE's today, which i should have atleast passed off the explorer, but no miss chicken here was freakin out. I still want to practice and get to the point where i feel comfortable, which I am close. So anyways today I just got to learn how to do anterior scaling, worked on the typodonts, and then worked on my dear Erin!! We were laughing so hard today because Mrs. Read thought it would be fun to put her knuckle in my nostril!! haha yes it was that funny! She did not do it on purpose, it just....welll.....kind of happened while she was fulcruming! haha I didnt know what to do so i just breathed in really big and then she realized and began apologizing! We both started laughing, and that pretty much was the highlight of clinic!! Hopefully i did not trauma her gums too much, I'm sure she is ok, but still....I am not a professional yet!!! I am nervous for wednesday, but i have got to get it over with!! Wish me luck!

Instruments...Instruments....AND more Instruments.

That is right, today we learned all about instruments!! And boy do we have lots of those!! I swear they all looked alike to me, but clearly they are all different. I just need to look at the instruments and understand them all. My problem is I dont feel like I have ANYTIME to learn the skill that we are taught. Plus things are just going to pick up and boy am i nervous! I have got to get probing and exploring down!! Those are my goals this weekend, if nothing else, I will understand both of those and be confident that I can do it! I passed off my intra oral pe today and everything went well. I must say....you get to learn alot about your pod partner, and I just keep learning more and more about Erin. haha She has a scare on her chin, she doesn't like it, but i think it brings character! Ü See...these are the things you would have never known about Erin, if I did not do this intra oral exam on her! Im sure by the time we graduate, I will know all about Erin, inside and out! haha

E.X.P.L.O.R.I.N.G

The post says it all.....we EXPLORED today in clinic. This was just not any adventure, it was an adventure inside the mouth!! YA PRETTY AWESOME HUH! I would be jealous too!! Ü There are some areas of the mouth that I understand and can grasp alot easier than other areas. Seriously, I stink at indirect vision. I feel so uncoordinated when I try to use my mirror and explore/probe and look into my mirror! Its a little sketchy if you ask me!! I have GOT to understand that right now or else im in deep trouble!! Like every single one of my posts, im sure the skills will come with time. But me being a very impatient person.....it doesnt work so much!! I get down on myself so much when I cant understand something, then i feel like everyone else around me is learning so much faster than I am, and I just stop and think to myelf, it does not matter what everyone else is doing, all that matters is how im holding up!! Practice makes perfect.....I BETTER HOPE IT DOES!!! Heaven help me!!
On a side note...Dancing with the stars is on tonight and guess what....I am NOT watching it because guess who has to study....this girl does!!! Whats new, right?! This is my life!

OUCH!!!....STOP PROBING ME!!

Ladies and Gents, we have officially moved into the mouth!! First off, this clinic was ROUGH!! Literally....it was rough!! When i was younger i NEVER liked to get poked, so what makes everyone think I want to now!! hahah Just kidding, i know why! This clinic I was so freakin nervous!! I have never had so much sweat come out of me like i did in clinic today!! I discovered that when Candice is under MUCH pressure (and super scared) + Doing something I HAVE NEVER done before (probing on my friend Laken) = SWEAT STAINS ALL OVER!!! Disgusting...yes, did i learn stuff...yes. Was I scared out of my mind...yes!! I am having a hard time grasping the angles concept, and then also learning to read the probe is quite hard as well. Like everything we learn it always takes time! Heaven help me! I want to get this down on lockdown!! I hate feeling inadequate, ya know? But i know this is how we all start out!
This whole day I was thinking I would be torturing Erin with my probe, but low and behold they switched everything today. While Erin and I were exchanging our, "I am really sorry if I hurt you" statements, Instructor Hafen throws a curve ball into the mix. Not like we already had curve balls thrown at us today. haha Anyways she yells out, "Laken and Chelsea your together." Ya your probably thinking the same thing I was...Her name is not Chelsea?! Ya we laughed and got my correct name down, and then proceeded to probing. Laken and I smiled and hurry and exchanged our "sorrys" and i jumped into the chair. Laken...YOUR ROCKED THE PROBING!!! This girl new what she was doing and did not ... I repeat DID NOT hurt me at all!! Holla! hahaha Next it was my turn and yes I think I hurt her. hahaha not really but who knows, Laken could totally be lying to me to make me feel good. She does that!!
Yes i passed off my vital signs pe and extra oral pe!! My whole Pod did, ya baby!!
Life is good, we are stressed...WELCOME TO HYGIENE!! Whoop whoop!!
Until next time!

Take a journey into my mouth!....sick!

Yes today was the day for intra oral exams. First off, this exam was not as comfortable and relaxing as our last exam. There are SO many little crooks and crannies in our mouths i had no idea we ever had. Its always fun to take something you see in a book, and actually see it on a person in real life!! It makes everything just click. Of course every mouth is completely different, but none the less it is still a mouth. Today was stressful a little bit. I had PE's that needed to be passed off and it seemed like we had not enough instructors. It would be nice to have an instructor in every pod all the time, but since monday clinics there are only three, they try to hit everyone. Let me tell ya, PE's STACK UP! (Yes just like our "stack" we learned with our fingers) You have to stay caught up or else, your in deep trouble. My goal is to study them tonight and tuesday, and then pass my vitals and extra oral exam pe's off wednesday! Wish me luck!!

Pedicures...manicures....FACE MASSAGE!!!

Oh ya baby, you read it right...it was spa day in clinic today!! Ü Well not really, but it sure felt good to RELAX for a split second. I mean lets be honest...clinic stresses me out!! I love it, but i hate it! We learned how to note and do an extra oral examination. I really enjoyed clinic today, I learned a lot and it seems that every little piece of information/skill we learn, it all comes together somehow! The instructors rotated pods today and so my pod (which is without a doubt a stellar pod to be in)was able to have instructor Hafen and Michelle who is a TA for our clinic. AMAZING!! I learned so many tips and so much advice from these two ladies, that literally my stress level was brought down to where I could manage it! haha They take a basic skill and add little tips on top of that to help you work effectively. I passed off my mirror/fulcrum grasp today and it felt easier than the first time i picked up an instrument! The things you learn with time!! Clinic was good today, life is still stressful, but i love it!! Ü

Flat Line....your dead!

Who knew you would ever take vitals as a hygienist?! I thought nurses only did that. Very new experience for me! You most definitely need good senses if you want to be able to do vitals haha. On some of my pod pals, it was harder to find a pulse then others. Some it was super easy and well felt, and other times it was a very low and slight tapping of the vessel. Word of advice, if it is harder to find a pulse/blood pressure in the right arm, switch to the arm that is closest to the heart (left arm). It was definitely easier to find this way. And when you look at the whole scheme of things, it sure does make sense. I must admit, it was fun playing nurse for a little bit haha. Get the best of both worlds! My pod was able to pass off some pe's today, which was a great thing since they are most definitely piling up!! It STRESSES ME OUT TO NO END!!! Do we ever get to breathe in hygiene?.....NO! Ü But at least we are busy and not bored....oh how we are never bored. It is one thing after another. Just when you thing you are over with an exam....BAM!...psych, you are studying for two more for the next day. OH yes i said TWO more haha, it is a never ending cycle. Sometimes i wonder if i will ever make it through the week alive. BUT...somehow I always do. Ü

Health and History

If you were a patient and had no idea what we were writing down on your treatment record (which alot of the time you dont know what the hygienist is doing) you would think it was alot of mumbo jumbo. Well atleast that is what i thought when i would see it in my chart. Yesterday was finally the day to understand what it all was. Wow....i am still trying to understand it all. Time consuming yes...but worth it..yes. Of course while we were doing the hhx on each other, since none of us really had any serious health issues, our hhx was quite ideal. Easy, quick and not too complicated. But in reality is that what all of my patients will be like, no. So I must say i am grateful for being able to learn this to help accomodate my patients if needed.
Like every skill I learn, i am hoping and praying i catch on to it all. It is definitely alot to digest, and i am still digesting everything else we are learning/have learned. Oh the joys of being a first year student! haha
It will come to me, just need to study and practice more!!

To Fulcrum, or Not to Fulcrum....that is the question.

Wow!!! If i could use one word to describe today in clinic it would be wow!!! So MUCH WAS TAUGHT!!! Trying to digest ALL of what we were taught and shown is impossible right now!! I felt so so so overwhelmed and I felt like i would never be able to get the hang of it all. My heart was pounding and one thing i found out is that my hands/fingers are SO weak!! I am a wimp!! By the time clinic was over my hand and figers were shaking! It was hilarious! My poor baby fingers! I seriously need to do the exercises that they say in the book!! I think that will be my best way of helping develope my strength in my fingers. I'm sure that by the time this semester is over (well hopefully) my fingers/hands are able to not shake anymore!! The fatigue is surely getting to them!! haha That is probably one of my goals I want to accomplish...getting my fingers strong and ripped! (haha well not ripped but you know what i mean Ü)
Clock positioning was blowing my mind today in clinic. For some reason the "towards" and "away" was getting me totally confused. There is a huge difference from 12 to 8 and then from 9 to 10. I need to study that is for sure.
Clinic seemed like we were trying to eat the whole elephant all at once. Impossible. I finally realized I needed to take it a step at a time. I needed to understand and figure out all of this information for myself. I can not worry about what others are doing, or how fast someone else is catching on to the skill. I need to worry about me and me alone. I will definitely be taking my typodont and instruments home to practice over this long labor day weekend. I WILL GAIN STRENGTH IN MY FINGERS AND I WILL UNDERSTAND AND PASS THIS SKILL OFF WITH FLYING COLORS!!!
For right now i need to let it all sink in. Wish me luck!!

Put it up...take it down...

Clinic was very interesting!! We went through two new PE's today, and boy it sure was a lot! We learned about setting up our operatories and taking down and then the maintenance on them. A whole bunch of new stuff all put in a 4 hour clinic day!! Seeing everything that goes into setting up for a patient, made me realize how every time I went in for a cleaning, how much time it really took. Keeping everything clean and disinfected is key! I am loving everyone in my pod, sometimes it feels like we get left out just because we are the farthest away. But we always laugh about that, because half the time we do not know what is going on. Today I passed off my PPE PE, and I think I did a good job. I got a little flustered at first because i was not sure i was ready to pass it off, but then all of a sudden I just was passing it off. I am not sure if this whole "passing off PE's" will ever get easy. They are quite stressful, but I understand why we do them. School is starting to pick up the speed, I am still trying to get the hang of it all. I will get there, it will just take time.

Clinic Day 2

Today was our second day in clinic! We started to use the Blue Boa and i really love it. Im sure as i continue on in this journey i will absolutely love it. Its an awesome invention. We played around with our typodonts using the a/w syringe and HVE ejector. I have not been dental assisting for quite sometime now so to get back to getting the hang of everything, will be interesting haha. I can not wait until i can start to see my improvement. I hope and also my goal is to have improved alot. I am still trying to figure out how everything is held and used. I was able to pass off my first PE which was the eaglesoft basics. I have the hang of how Eaglesoft works. I cant wait until i see improvement! Overall it was a good day.

Clinic Day1 (EagleSoft)

Today was a bunch of emotions all wrapped into one big blob!! I have waited 3 years to be at the spot I finally am. I never thought this day would come, and now that it has its so surreal! This morning we met in the instructor area in clinic and went over the days activities. Then we learned how to log into taleval and also eaglesoft. Eagle soft is our first PE and at first it was a little stressful, but then i think i got the hang of it. Everything is so SO new and I (along with many others i am sure) am so overwhelmed that I know i need to get organized. Learning about the clinic and the programs is what I need for my base. I have mixed feelings with everything, but i think that is because it is all still so new. Hopefully i will get the hang of it all. I love my pod i am in and the people i get to really know for the next two years. I cannot wait to see our improvement and see how far we have come!! These next two years will be brutal, tough, and intense but at the same time full of memories and lots of learning! I am excited and nervous, but everything will work out! Wish me luck!!

I did it....finally!

Blog is done!!!!