LAST CLINIC DAY!

Yay!  I can't believe I have made it through my first semester of Hygiene school!  It really has flown by!  That's not to say that it has been easy..  it DEFINITELY has not been easy!  There have been a lot of tears, a lot of headaches, a lot of late  night studying, but now it's all over (well after I take my finals).  Clinic today was Emergency preparedness/ clinic manual test.  I think it's a little silly that we are just not learning emergency preparedness after the semester is already over, oh well, good thing we didn't have any emergencies!

I did it! I saw my first, real live, not hygiene student, patient!!

Today was great!  I was able to see my very first patient! I won't lie, I was terrified and I am thrilled that it is over with.. but I did it!  I was supposed to have my husband or my parents come in, but that didn't work out so well. So my husband had mentioned to a lady that he works with that I needed a patient.  Well she just happened to need a cleaning and has no insurance so she was the perfect candidate!  I was so grateful to her for coming in for me, and the funny thing was she was so thankful to me for having her in!  Probing I still feel a little iffy on.. x-rays were pretty much a downer today.. but I made it through!  I think she is still willing to come back too and let me finish cleaning her mouth.. so I guess I couldn't have done too awful! ;-)

Last mock patient day

Today went really well.  I was able to finish up the two remaining quads.  I always love Wednesdays because we have a lot more help with the TA's being here.  Michelle was nice enough to come over and help me work out some fulcruming and stroke issues that I was having.  Overall it went smoothly and I didn't have any missed spots! May be because Danielle has a clean mouth.. :-)

Mock PATIENT day

Today was my first day doing a full appointment!  I was very nervous that I would completetly forget how to do HHX, OD, OHI.. not to mention probing and scaling! For the most part it went pretty good.  Danielle was my patient and she was such a good sport.  I am actually pretty proud of myself because I finished 2 quads without any errors!! The thing I think I still need more practice and time getting used to is probing.. I dont' know why this freaks me out and throws me off so bad.. But I know in time it will get easier.. Can't wait to finish up with Danielle on Wenesday!

Worst day of clinic ever.. for real this time!

Yesterday was the WORST day of clinic.  Once again all I had to do was be the patient.. so it should have been great right? Wrong.. Danielle still did awesome and the whole time I was in her chair I just relaxed and honestly fell asleep.  When I got up, however, I started feeling really sick!  During Podwrap I had to sit with my head down on the desk.  Well long story short I ended up throwing up 3x's because of the medicine I am taking for my back because of my stupid car accident! Kristen had to drive me home and I even had to miss radiology lab..yeah.. worst day of clinic ever!

Hardest day yet ;-)

Today was soo hard! I had to do.. NOTHING!! It was so nice to be the patient today! I got to sit back and relax and let Danielle work on my mouth!  She did an awesome job!  It was nice to check in like a patient and go through the whole procedure to see what our patients will be experiencing.  Plus I love that I got to be the patient first and not the operator.. now I can learn from what she did!

Instrument Sharpening

Today we did instrument sharpening.  I am not going to lie I think I'm pretty awesome at sharpening my instruments!  Professor Costley even came around and told me I was doing very well!