Sealants and Flouride!

Today was a lot of fun! I know that a lot of assistants do sealants in office, but I have never been able to do that.. I was really excited and it was really pretty fun!

Air Polisher.. OUCH!!

Today we learned how to use the air polisher.. first of all Ashton and I tried two different units and they didn't work! So we ended up finally having to us Cesia's and Kelsi's! I really kinda hate the air polisher.. it hurts, it's messy, and it's not the easiest thing to use or care for.  Then we did regular polishing and flouride varnish.. that was sooo much better, though the varnish feels pretty funny on your teeth.

Treatment plans

Today we leaned how to put treatment plans into Eaglesoft.  I have never used Eaglesoft before starting the program so it took me some time to get used to things by learning my way around. Pretty much we did that for 10 minutes and then had the rest of the day to practice and pass of PE's.  I passed off Dental Screening! Now I just need to do Intra oral camera.

Practice day

Today we were actually supposed to do intra oral camera.. well that didn't actually happen.. I guess that the morning ran out of barriers so today was pretty much a practice day.  We did go over OD and OHI and record them on our patients treatment record.  That seemed to go pretty fast for me today.  So after that I got to practice and pass of PE's!! I passed off 3 today!! YAY for me!

Dental Screening

Today in clinic we charted what we see in our patients mouth.  We marked any fillings, crowns, recession, sealants (needed or already done), any missing or extracted teeth etc.  I had it really easy, my partner was Cesia and she hardly had anything to chart!  Then it was my turn and she had a lot more to do.  I had a lot of fillings to chart.  I looked in Kelsi's mouth for a minute also so I could feel what a composite filling felt like.  But since Cesia didn't take long I got to practice anterior scaling again.. I'm too nervous to pass it off.. I guess I'll have to do it Monday though.. wish me luck.

Blue Mouths!

Today we did OHI and disclosing.  It was pretty gross actually to see the spots in your mouth where there is plaque. Actually doing OHI and disclosing didn't take very long so we got a lot of time to practice scaling!  I was really glad that we had the practice time, I really needed it!  I also passed off instruments and design, way easier than I thought.. I'm still nervous to pass of scaling and adaptation.. hopefully next time!

S C A L I N G!!!!

Everyone watch out!  We learned how to scale!  I feel like a 16 year old driver, everyone should try and keep their distance because I am now on the road.  Really it wasn't too awful.. I did make Ashton bleed quite a bit.. but when I told Professor Costley that I was making him bleed, she said "yay!"  I'm learning.. my hardest part and the most painful part for Ashton is trying to do the linguals and using indirect vision.  Hopefully the more practice I get the better I will be and my patients won't be wincing every time I use my mirror