Thats right THATS RIGHT...no more clinic...for this 1st year!

WHATS GOOD YALL?!!
Yes I am super happy because it was our last clinic day!! Holla!!!
I saw my class III today, cute lil old lady who was hard of hearing, poor gal.
I swear I was sounding like a fool trying to talk to her, but what could I do,
she could not hear me!! Anyways, her calculus...piece of cake!! Puts my other sweet
class III to shame!! It is such a nice experience to see two different types of class III's.
THe first was super tenacious and hard, just hard. This time, the calculus was stuck on there,
but was coming off like butter. Ok not really, I wish. I missed a couple spots, but nothing on my top quad. Today was a lot of firsts! My first time having to get a patient numb, wait for that to happen, then have a patient who was difficult, she did not want me to use the ultrasonic...WHAT LADY?!! Your tellin me you want me to scrape that crap off your teeth with my hand instruments?!! Girl, I do not have that much time, and the money to replace my instruments when they all BREAK off in your mouth!!! Ok!! So i talked her through it, and told her I would use my HVE tip so I could collect a majority of the water so it would not choke her. Last appt. the water made her choke!! Soooo...luckily she still let me do it!! It was like pulling teeth.....oh speaking of pulling teeth.....my sweet lady had class III mobility on #2!! This was my other first!! Class III mobility people...do you know what that is...its like touch the tooth and BAM you have extracted the tooth..thank you very much!! YIKES!! Lets just say I had sweat dripping out of every pore of my body just thinking about touching that tooth!! I was so so nervous!! But the clock was ticking and the bacteria/calculus was starring at me and growling, so i had to get it off asap!!
So....I took my graceys.....left the mirror on my tray....and used my other hand/finger to hold the tooth. Man alive!! As I was scaling it, the WHOLE tooth was sliding out with my instrument!! Are you kidding me?!! Ahhh!! I honestly have no idea how that tooth stays in there!! Gravity has not taken its toll on that puppy yet....it will though it will. It is hanging by nothing!! The bone is so so low, and there is nothing left to hold it!! Poor lady, she kept asking me if I had taken the tooth out yet! haha she was funny!! I guess she could feel me sliding the tooth out with the calculus!! Overall this patient was perfect experience and best way to end my clinic!! First year clinic has rocked!! I have learned so much and am so grateful for all the information I have learned!! I love how far I have come, I love how much I have learned!! I am sad and happy!!
This is the section I get to give a shout out to my homies!! My gina's!! My best friends~!!
SHOUT OUT TO POD #1!! LAKEN, ERIN, AND HEIDI!! I love these girls!! Laken and Erin were my first friends in clinic!! We all met the first day of clinic in august, and were so thrilled we had the pod with the windows!! These girls keep me going!! We all have similar personalities and we laugh ALL the time!! There is never a day we dont laugh, which is what keeps us going and its what makes us who we are!!~ I know I will be best friends with these girls for life!! Oh dont forget about Pod #2, April is in that pod. Love her guts!! Cesia is in another clinic session, but we love her!! All in all, the fab 5 is my favorite, and without these girls i do not believe my life would be complete (dont say its cheesy, because I know it is, but its the truth!) I feel like I have known these girls my whole life!! We were meant to be best friends, we were meant to ALL get turned down so many times to be able to get in this year and meet each other!!! I know that God truly does watch over each and everyone of us and he knows what is best for us!! I have seen that with these friends!! Over the much heartache and tears I had had because of not getting in when I wanted too, God knew all along I need to ,meet these girls so they could help me in this program!! My prayers were answered when I met these girls!! We will be friends for life. We have all gone through something that is the best/hardest thing ever!! We have shared experiences that no one will ever know except us. We will only be able to relate, no one else!! I love each and everyone of you girls!!
BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE.......FAB 5 FOR LIFE!!!! FFFL (Like it?!!!...we should make shirts!!)
UNTIL NEXT SEMESTER!!! iI will be painting my nails tonight, for the start of a 4 month streak!!! See ya!

Extra Quads...booya baby

Today I needed an easy patient to clean. My friend at work has been begging to get her teeth cleaned, and I have not had time to get her in. So finally a spot opened up and I did get her in!! She came and was a 1b. I did not need the xrays so Laken took her set of BWX. I love sharing with each other. Its the only way to get through this program!! Great friends!!
Anyways, I finished her, and missed zero spots!! Ya buddy!! This was my last monday clinic day of first year ever!! It kind of bittersweet, but its ok!! I will miss my pod people!! They are my favorite ever!! We must take a picture on wednesday of us all!!
My class 3 patient comes on wednesday!! Wish me luck!

Yet again...seeing 2 patients in one clinic day is stressful!

I had my cute niece come in today along with my papa!! What troopers right?!! Love them both!! My niece was so excited to get her princess toothbrush!! She even wanted princess floss, but we didn't have it (darn it!) She was so precious! She sat and was a sweet little trooper! I needed one more set of bwx, so I asked her if I could take pictures of her teeth! She smiled and said yes!! Of course I had to treat the PID head as a camera, so I made the camera click sound and everything! She was loving it!! This was her very first dental hygiene appointment ever, and I think she loved it!! Thank heavens!! Anyways, I let her drink out of the "drinking fountain" aka my air/water syringe. And I let her hold the big mirror so she could watch what I was doing!! She was so so good!! She showed me how she brushed and it was so pretty and so cute, I wish I could have recorded it!! Anyways, she was quick and easy and I just love her!!
Next was my pops!! He is so cute and small, I love him!!
My original goal was to take a FMX on him, do a sealant, blood glucose pe, and scale him!! Alot right?! Right!! I am glad to say I got 3 out of the 4 accomplished!! As I looked at the time, I figured, heck why even start and OD, I wont even finish it! So we didnt!! I got all my requirements done today, minus the last 2 quads of my class 3!! And....drumroll please, my sweet friend April screened/saw/cleaned 2 quads of a lady I gave her, and guess what she is all 4 quads a class 3!! Whoo hoo!! Anyways, I see her next Wednesday, and I gotta finish 2 quads!! I can do this right?!! I guess monday I will just bring in someone who is an easy 1b!! Wish me luck, I need some extra quads thats for sure!!

CLASS 3....DONE...........almost.

So my cute class 3 came in today so I could finish her. Well lets just say clinic started off with a little bit of a disaster. My cute patient calls me and says, "Candi (yes she calls me that, and yes I realize that is a stripper name, and yes I am fine with it) I am going to be 25 minutes late, but I am coming, do not give up my chair to anyone. Thank you." What?!! Home girl, your gonna be late?! Thanks for callin, but please hurry! And no I wont give up your chair, becaue I GOT NO ONE ELSE!! I need you!!! So hustle your little toosh over here...now!! So I waited for her and finally she came. I got right down to business with that lady!! I passed off two pes on her universal and area specific. P.s. I love the Graceys...girls best friend. Anyways...I must tell you something so funny. Guess who has "soothing hands".....this girl does. Guess who fell asleep..yet again in my chair...my patient did. Guess who made a super loud...and I'm talkin "polar bear growlin" snore....my patient did!! Holla!! You know life is good, when you can fall asleep in a dental chair. It was priceless. I started laughing as soon as I heard her snore, then she woke up, was groggy, and went back to sleep. Then guess what happened next....she choked on her own spit. Yep folks I said it, she choked and woke up. Poor lady, all she wanted was a little shut eye! Not here lady, not here. You will have nightmares, not sweet dreams, if you sleep here. Jk everyone jk! Anyways, I missed 2 spots and was happy to be done. I acutally was not sore and all after finishing her. That was amazing. I guess I was not stressed at all. Thank the heavens above. Anyways, at the end of the appointment, she kept telling me that I need a massage and that I needed to buy a purse and jewelry from her. I guess that is the least I can do since she did spend 2 days with me, that equals 8 hours. So i just might. Weird?...not sure, give me your opinions. Anyways I thought of a theme song for the ending of clinic (3 clinic days people....3!!) wanna know what it is.....drumroll please.....
LOOK AT ME NOW!! By chris breezy....or for you old people, Chris Brown.
Go listen to it, and I apologize before hand for the naughty language. I didnt write the song. Anyways, Laken I KNOW you know this song, and girl just belt it out loud because you agree with me. This song represents all the crap we went through to get to the spot we are now, almost 2 years.!!! whoop whoop!! Do I still feel like I am not a good hygienist...yes, but who cares, first year is almost complete!! Holla!!
We have come so far since day one, crying on the curb because we could not get probing down. Wow. How funny is that. We knew we would look back on this and laugh, but at the time it was devastating. So all I gotta say to that is....LOOK AT ME NOW!!! Ya buddy!! We are high rollers. We know how to do a HHx correct, and OD correct and Scale!! Look at us now!! Suck it probing, we owned you!! Look at me now!!!
See ya Wednesday!!