identification please....

So today we started learning our instruments and practiced our probing and exploring so it was an ok day. I definitely need to practice this through the weekend and hopefully Aaron doesn't hate me after Im done! Today is also the day my baby turns 2 months Im so excited! I get to go home and take his 2 month pictures!

Exploring

Today we learned exploring which is so much harder than it looks. trying not to poke the patients gums is so hard you think you have turned the explorer far enough but never do and then when you think you have turned it to far that where its supposed to be! So frustrating! Thanks April for being a good sport sorry I poked you so many times. :S Hopefully I will get better with practice. I'll just say sorry to my husband in advance. So nervous to pass it off in the next week.

Oral probing any one?!

So today was awesome! we finally got to work on each other practicing our probing. I worked on April which was such a good sport, since I kind of hurt her cheek with my dang mirror. Other than that I think I did pretty good. Professor Costley observed as I probed and the only critique she said was to be aware of my mirror! I was so nervous! But it went well. Cant wait to learn more!

It's a party in your mouth!

Today we learned all about doing intraoral exams. which was actually more interesting than it sounds. Looking for any unusual things found in each others mouths and seeing all the different things we each have just with in the class. I'm so excited to actually get going on real patients!

Free Facials!

Today was like a spa day, felt so nice. All we did was extraoral exams and basically gave each other facial massages. I could definitely use a massage like every day just to relieve all the tension and pressure from being in the program. I vote we all have a dental hygiene spa day! It was fun each clinic I get excited to learn more of the skill I will be using for the rest of my career. I love clinic days!

Vitals... the silent killer

Ok so I haven't been very good about keeping up on my blog but here we go, today as you can tell we learned how to do vital on each other and it wasn't to bad. Just a review really. Past clinics have gone well we have learned how to properly hold some instruments and it just makes me all the more excited to learn more skills and techniques.