IT"S WEDNESDAY!!!

I really enjoy Wednesdays, it's my short day so it always makes a good clinic day :)
Today was really awesome I passed off two PE's and now I'm ahead! I also got to learn an even more efficent way to do my intra-oral exam so it doesn't take forever and I can remember everything! I'm really happy today because I can take a nap, finish radiology because I'm a ahead on that and just get caught up on everything! My second year observation is tomorrow and we're seeing a class 3 so it should be really interesting. Well I'm going home now but more blogging tomorrow to talk about my most awesome day with Stephanie! lol

later

TIME TO EXPLORE!

LOL I know funny title right? but that's exactly what we did :) Today in clinic we have now entered the stage where we can actually scrape stuff off one anothers teeth. :D It's so exciting to be getting this close but it seems so far away. Honestly the weekends are blurs and not nearly long enough; Clinic and class keep me so busy I haven't been able to really relax and get out for a while. But through all of it it's worth it and exactly what I'm looking for.

Radiology wasn't that fun today, I was extremely prepared made sure I studied the PE and looked ahead on the modules to go to clinic and totally take Xrays on the wrong side.... ugh if it's not one thing it's another lol.
Well enough for today I'm going home to see my boyfriend who has been grocery shopping for me all day and I can't wait to see what he got.

LATERS! :P

If you didn't know hygiene rocks!

I just want to say that this program is amazing and that even though it's only been a month I've learned more than I thought I could in such a short time.

WEDNESDAY the 22nd post!

I can't believe it! We actually got to probe today! It was one of the coolest experiences! what probing is is the way we check the patients pocket depth to see if there is any bone loss or periodontal disease. It was COOL! the only thing though that messed up the day was the fact that all our probes were broken and now we will have to ship them back and hopefully get our new ones soon. After clinic we had a guess speaker from UDHA who talked to us about the practice act and how they are trying to get the ADA to approve Hygienists in utah  to work in serperate practices without being under the supervision of a dentist. I guess i'm kinda of torn.... I do believe that the UDHA is doing a great thing and working hard in every aspect. But on the same note I feel to get more hygienists to join they should either lower the price or say free membership for everyone and have them pay for conventions seperately or have the ones pay to get the benefits. I really am torn. It all comes down too I support this group and what ever I can do to support my peers then that is what I'm going to do.

Monday the 20th blog

Well here we are still working away on one another, today we did our health history PE and that was changing. And to top off the whole day yay! I got to work in the mouth now for my third time! It was a lot of fun! and I enjoyed every minute of it! Next rad day we'll start passing off a lot of our PE's and then it just keeps getting busier and busier from there... wow ok sorry so short but I have to run! laters!

FIRST ALMOST PATIENT!

YESTERDAY ROCKED! It was extremely fun! We actually got to use instruments in each other's teeth! yes granted we didn't get  to use them and were only allowed to touch the surfaces of the teeth but IT WAS GREAT! after we performed our extra oral exams on one another we then were allowed to proceed to the intra oral exam. It wasn't a complete intra oral exam but it was fun anyways. After about an hour of working on our partners we then got to see a classmate that we've never seen before! I think we learned alot and I'm really excited to actually start working with the scalers and get into that calculus! :D well that all for now! can't wait until MONDAY!

VITAL SIGNS!!!!

To start off today we had RADIOLOGY!!!!!! lol it was really fun learning the bisecting technique! Instructor Vyning always makes my day! lol he is so down to earth and has a way of teaching that makes you think and understand what your doing. I really enjoyed his class today.

In clinic we practiced vital signs and passed off the PE for maintaince and positioning :) Wow I'm so excited I'm starting to feel like a real hygienist! Oh yeah by the way I've totally rocked my last Radiology test!!! YAHOO! I'm doing so good and staying so on top of everything! It's like everything is finally clicking and working out. I have to admit when I first came into this program I was really unsure of how I would do and if I would remember all the things that need to be done, but as I've learned and studied I've become much more aware and excited about the whole dental field! It great to have things work out and have your confidence high! I just hope I can keep up this streak. This weekend we have the Dental Hygienists Convention! I'm really looking forward to meeting all the other girls in their program and how much they are learning as well.

Well ack to the grind! :) have a great Day!

Legal papers, Vital signs, and Drug look up

Clinic today was really productive we got to go over our clinic partners health history and look up all the hormons, drugs, and medical alerts for one another. It was great because not only did I get to use the book to look up hormons but I was able to google and find another source for information. After going over Health histories we were then taught the correct way to write on the treatment record and to fully understand and be protected through documents. I really enjoy working with our instructors! they bring such a fun and positive atmosphere to the clinic and enjoy us students learning and reaching for our goals. As a clinician i don't think I realized the importance of procedures and continuing to document things in the same manner every time. I know that these skills have really taught me to be more organized and look for new ways to improve methods. Well I stayed up all last night making cookies and now I'm off to eat them..... Following a deep brushing and flossing ;P Later!

Scaling positions and all around sitting technics

Today started off really good! I woke up with a smile because I love clinic, and actually got ready with enough time to have a really good breakfast! but lol in my enthusiastic rush to the door I failed to remember a book for clinic lol, gees this program is really teaching me to be on my toes because honestly some ways I have to learn things is to do them wrong of feel unsure and then blam next time I'm extremely on the ball. I hope I can carry the preparedness through out my whole life! Thanks so much to all my clinic friends for sharimng and helping me.

Now if i thought I was sitting correctly before I sure am correcting it now :D  It's really interesting to see and hear how bad posture can kill your live style and most importantly your career. One of our instructors shared with us how she had been practicing and not useing correct sitting positions and had to end up retiring for 5 years and doing physical therapy. Luckily she is back today helping us and sharing awesome stories! :D I can't tell you how this program has critically impacted my life, my ideal in practices, and my opinions of how to give full patient care while protecting yourself. I know that I will definitely pass this things on as I continue with hygiene.

The next thing we worked on today was where you should be sitting with the patient and how to more efficently access the patient's mouth. I was so excited to practice and realized lol i have a lot to learn with that also but the good news is I'm getting a lot faster with my teeth numbers and where they are located! YES! well that's it for now have to run to do HW. SEE YA!