The Tornado that wasn't .. 102 MPH wind!

Well I woke up to a very blustery day that turned into a really a really frightful day when I started riding the schedule to school for clinic. Trees were rocking, doors were locked, and I almost flew right off the stairs as I was clumsily making my way to the building. It then got scary! the roof was flying off knocking up cars, patients were struggling to come in, it was with wonder we all waiting for the school to get their act together and call a code purple.
After I was safe inside things started to look up for me :) My patient showed up, I was sad that she drove that scary drive but very grateful to see her. I used my brand new loupes! I gave 4 injections, finished my class 3 patient passed all my PE's and got off school early.  :) I went home on the shuttle grateful my car was in SLC and not scratched, found out my power was out and decided to call some friends and go out to lunch. After a good laugh and catching up at lunch we decided to go shopping after that, where I bought the best present for my husband for Christmas! He He He so the wind day was actually not too bad on my part but we did have to brave the night without power... that wasn't the best but it was a good excuse to go and hang out at a friends house until late :) So I guess it was kind of a nice way to end the semester. Now I just hope I can pass my exams!!! Yikes

Better get studying :) later and stay safe out there

Last VA with the best group! and good times to come

Aw today should be a sad day ... because I no longer have my awesome VA group that builds me up and makes me smile...

Patients weren't that great today even all class 5's.... like I need anymore of those but it was good conversation. I always hear the best stories and the nicest things from my patients that it makes me feel really accomplished when I'm there. After patients we all went out to lunch! which was funny because e all decided on a place to eat and then totally split up and got what we wanted from different places. Ha Ha Ashley and I had a great time downing popcorn and water at Wingers while we were waiting for our food to go. :) It was a good day .... lol until my husband got off work late and I ended up having to wait at the VA until 5:30pm lol and being engulfed by strange elderly men who insisted on talking to me until my husband got there lol. Oh my it was interesting. ...

Oh well Thanksgiving break is upon us ! and as a great surprise I have received my LOUPES! Talk about early Christmas but I am way stroked! I've been wearing them all over the house anticipating thursday wear I can use them on my final patients of the semester! WOOT WOOT! Well I better get to enjoying my self I have alot of Thanksgivings to attend and I need to prepare to be stuffed ! Hope every one has a fabulous holiday! And Thank you VA Girls for all the good times!

:) Later

Thanksgiving break and the end of semester finale

Well Clinic the other day wasn't my greatest because on my class 5 there was a huge pocket that I just happened to not catch and missed the piece of calculus all the way down in the furcation. GRR! will I ever not miss one spot... at least it wasn't like last week where I had a class 3 with the most tenacious calculus I've ever seen! and I missed the whole quad..... and that was due to my lack of time and my pride telling me to do the whole mouth before even getting checked... ugh ... when will I learn. The lesson to be learned from this is definitely feel before check and be sure to get that extra turn while scaling the distal line angle or mesal line angle. And besure to not drop you 15/16 gracey before you scale a three lol.

 So I'm happy to report the quiz is done today and I am enjoying relaxing for my Friday afternoon. Yes, I will start studying immediately tomorrow for dental materials so I might happen to take the test sooner than anticipated. But for now I'm at work and I get to make blankets tonight for my new little cousin and I'm happy to have a break :)

I'm honestly so in shock of how fast the semester has flown by and I'm excited to go to the VA right before Thanksgiving! I really enjoying helping the people there, they work so hard to serve our country and I'm just honored to be a part of that organization. I'm really Thankful to be in this program aswell, I believe it has really changed my life for the better and I hope I can walk away a strong force in research and clinical care for patients.  That is all for now ... until next time :)

Almost there and it feels great!

I can't believe it I graduate in just a few short months for the Weber State Dental Hygiene Program... all I can say is WOW! I think it's finally coming to life my dreams and goals, after I got married I think I was a little in shock because I knew that was once step closer to the rest of my life and now here it is I will finally be able to travel and see new places and do the humanitarian work I've always wanted to do. It's a little surprising that everything is falling into place because I know there were a lot of times I felt not good enough or smart enough to accomplish some of the things I've done in my life. I'm just so blessed and happy to be living my life and enjoying all the new things that much bachelors is going to open up for me. I can't say I wasn't sad after senior pictures the other day because I realized I'm going to miss all these girls so much! and I've made some really great friendships and I'm sad that it's almost over. Well that was just a short thought of mine that I wanted to share and a special shout out to the Weber State 2011-2012 DH girls. I know that this will be the best and final semester! Woot! :)

Curse you anteriors!!!

So lately anteriors has been my weak link! I'm trying my best and I swear I'm doing the best I can but it seems like that spot always gets me. I have now given the explorer the back seat to my air and water. I feel like I get a lot more done and I'm more efficient the more air I spray! It definitely helped me today on my second patient so I'm banking on it from now on.
Today was alright I guess patient wise I finished my mockboard and saw a huge change in tissue as well as my class 2 patient who did not speak a word of english. In the afternoon I did my best to pass off as many PE's as possible but with no success since I guess my patient didn't have a need for the diagnodent .... I don't think that's right but you go with the flow I guess. Anyways at the last part of my day when my patient had left I realized that I now need to schedule two a days and searched for people to help. In my luck Karlie had some sealants to spare and I got to do 4 of them. So I guess it all kinda worked out, until next time ....

Clinic bust!!!

So here I am conquring the world with my class two in the morning! I'm scaling I'm using N2O I'm teaching, I'm passing off PE's, and I only missed two spots in the whole mouth, I felt like I was on top of the world and then... came the afternoon. ....

My patient came in and I was looking forward to an easy class 5 and to get a little bit of a break but I happened to check her blood glucose and just like that I couldn't see my patient. Not only was her fasting glucose 170 but when I had the oppertunity to check she was 243! Yikes! We can only treat people like this in emergency situations I was worried that I wasn't going to get the requirements done before the semester because I'm completely booked. Well as it turns out I needed one more 1B and one of the translators happened to be there. I grabbed her as fast as I could and got her in my chair. It didn't take long and I got 4BWX but when I got my scale check.... I MISSED ALL THE LOWER ANTERIORS! Gees can you believe this? Well sheet calculus is the devil and that ruined my perfect day... I guess better luck next time

Mockboards OHHH YEA....

Well after I had nightmares all last night, that I thought would never have I woke up for mockboards in kind of a rush. I got there and I do have to say the paper work was a little flustering but MY PATIENT SHOWED UP! Yes every one that was the highlight of my day lol. I have had the worst luck this semester and to finally have something go smoothly was awesome. That was until I cleaned my patient and saw her gums were rampaged!!!! YIKES! I was in such a panic I have never had a patient look this beat up after a cleaning. So my job soon went from Calculus removal to cleaning up that papilla. After I spent my last half hour  making her not bleed I gave her to the deciding factor of the examiners. Well turns out I did everything I was supposed to do and that some times that tissue is so trapped by that calculus deposit that by the time you clean it, it's unavoidable damage. Professor Alexander just explained to me to place a comment to the examiners in the comments box "tissue friable." Man that put my terror to ease and I was able to buy my patient perioguard and send her on her way. So I guess that day of fluster turned out to be one of my best clinic days! Funny how things work out lol Congrats to all the WSU DH students who did their best which we all know they did no matter the score!

Epic Fail...

You know those days when you have taken every step to schedule 4 people for screenings, planned your precious clinic time and knew everything was going to be alright and then BAM! ...... no one shows up..... Alas this has been the third time that my patients have decided to not come in, probably they couldn't understand or the translator didn't stress it enough but wow what an awful streak I have had. I try every time I have a translator by my chair to teach me different phases in different languages, with no success sadly. It's like my mind has closed off and can't incorporate any other words or phrases.

So I guess the only thing I have to report about today was I cleaned my first 1A of the year. She was the cutest little girl and she did such a good job but I thought it was really odd that her mom didn't want to come back with either one of her kids. I spent most of the appointment running back and forth asking her questions and explaining brushing and flossing. Her little girl thought mouth wash was good for some times when they didn't have time to brush their teeth. I explained that they need to be keeping their mouths really clean because her new teeth were coming in and we want to have no complications with her baby teeth and cavities. I definitely told their mom to please bring them into the dentist and stressed that baby teeth are important to keep and need to be watched and checked regularly. Her mom wasn't too concerned but I again stressed seeing their dentist. No scaling advice for her.... my instructor just reminded me to remember that even kids can have calculus.... which she did...

Well another wasted day I think in the future I'm scheduling two people at a time maybe that will work.
Until next time ...

UDHA convention 2011

It was that time of year again where we reunite with hygienists around Utah and go to the notable CE classes and spectacular vendors. Last year I really enjoyed my self, I think the convention really opened my eyes in the fact that dental hygiene is a true profession and it's not all just about people who are insane when it comes to cleaning their teeth but a career that has so many benefits and futures. Well with this expectation in my heart I went and attended this years convention held at the Little America hotel in SLC. To my surprise the convention as not at all up to my expectations. Wow not to mention names but the speakers in the morning of Friday were horrific not only were they very badly mannered or lacking in personal skills but they had no evidence based, clinically wrong, and opinionated information. I felt that I was being told that all evidence is wrong and the fast way is the right way. Ultrasonics were to be used on all patients including children and that hand scaling was a thing of the past. That if you are wasting a patients time doing a complete hand scale you are doing a disservice.   As I watched and listened I found that not all information is fact nor that every clinician who graduates from dental hygiene is perfect. It hit me that once you are in practice the patient is at your hands and knowledge and it is your duty to give the best care possible. Because the patient doesn't know the difference unless we teach and train them.

After the main meeting, I attended that student forum that was beneficial for the first twenty minutes but then went over how to be professional in the office. Well as you know Weber State has ground that into our heads and reminds us daily to be awesome clinicians so I didn't get too much out of that. The first day really had me let down I was even starting to doubt what the UDHA goals and plans for the future were. I seems that they don't even seem to care that more DH schools are flooding Utah. I'm all for being a member to help renew my license and attending regular CE credits but I wonder if things are taking a turn for the worst.

I had the pleasure of attending on Saturday morning to help with our SADHA table and happened to stay for the main speaker Betsy Reynolds and her lecture titled "Diet Wars." Wow what a speaker! She was phenomenal! The way she backed up all her topics with research and the way she related to the crowd was extreme entertaining. All the things she covered were great... from obesity in the office to how the patient can control disease with diet it was absolutely fabulous!  Her lecture also totally turned my hole perspective around about how there truly are good people and great clinicians out there. I hope that everything all works out for the best and that UDHA gets motivated to stop endorsing things that could be very critical to our careers.

Well I've blabbed enough about this so I'm signing out, VA tomorrow and the first time in the 5 weeks I've been in the program I'm actually excited for patients to come in.

Today was a good day.. who would have thought?

Well today has been better then all my other Thursdays! It has been the first clinic day out of three where no one has cancelled, no showed, or been late! Yahoo! and I even had a translator for the morning! All I can say was it was a worth while break. Yeah he may have been a class III and that was kinda hard but other than that today was perfect! Some times I wish I didn't stress so much about clinic, it really makes me crazy. So after my morning appointment I had a relaxing 1B patient who has been a good friend for a long time. It was nice to talk to my patient and be able to relate. I finished really early and so I decided to work up front and help out around the clinic well turns out there was a patient needing a cleaning for quite some time and had been calling the clinic for ever! So lucky me another patient to screen! So keep your fingers crossed for me I hope I find a Mockboard patient! WAHOO!

Oh wow! Sept 15th w

Gees I can't express my exasperation more than all my patients are fired! I swear if one more patient no shows or cancels I'm going to have a heart attack!..... OK maybe that's a little drastic but I'm serious I've had the worst luck this semester. I have found some good patients but I'm really mad when I have a schedule and it gets messed up. Anyways something on a lighter note we gave our first injections in on LA Lab! It was so much fun!   I was so excited ! I thought it was going to be really scary but I loved every minute of it. who would have thought I'd like to give injections. Well I'm done for today so until next time .. :) Later

CA then TA ha ha ha

Today was my first CA day of the new school year! It was alright I guess I think I ended up stressing for everyone who's patient cancelled on them at the last second. Which then caused me to be worried about my patients and if they both would show up to my appointment. It's so stressful sometimes to realize you can prepare as much as possible and still loose points because someone just decided to not come in. I hope this school year goes as smoothly as possible I need to schedule extra screenings when I have 1B's scheduled.

As for CA today it went well, I was happy to not be focused on patients for one second and help others. I think I did a good job today and it's one PE closer to being done so I'm all for it. FYI My Neck was still hurting all day right down to tonight went we were getting our new dishwasher. I'm hoping icing and resting it will help me make it better before my Clinic day this week! Yikes!..... Well more later, for now I'm crashin :)

Gotta Love the Clinic...

So my first week in clinic went fairly smooth.... wow I feel great! I can't believe how much more confident I am at scaling and treatment planning patients! I guess the work really paid off in first year. I was so happy to show off my X ray skills to the first years too! At first I as timid to show them how to take them but after I had taken a few I realized I have a lot to offer and I'm happy I can help.

On a different note I just got back from my long Labor day weekend and man does my neck HURT! In proceeding to tell what happened I was on a family outing in Provo. While there we stopped by this place that was similar to the junction in Ogden. It had arcade games, rides and other things to do. I willing participated in this interesting 20ft tightrope walking and laser darting but then there was the flow rider. The Flow rider is simulated surfing indoors and is something I had never tried before, and will most likely never try again. Ha Ha while I was learning how to surf and falling 10,000 times I finally did it! I mastered the Wave. Well come to find out an hour or two later I realized the mastering came with major aches and pains.Yikes it just makes you feel terrible and miserable when your neck is strained. It was killing me last night and this morning so I hope it feels better today and soon because when I get neck injuries it feels like it will never leave. So as for my relaxing weekend? yeah it didn't happen lol.

Later :)

First week down now a whole semester to go!

This was my first week back to school and it was surprisingly better than I thought! I really enjoy all of my classes and it was good to see all the girls again.
This weekend was my husband's huge test that we have been stressing and anticipating this whole summer and finally we know he has past and we will be financially stable for the rest of the year. This had a huge toll on me and my attitude towards this next year so I'm happy to report that good things do come to those who wait.
School was good this week I was able to teach my first TA Lab and able to fresh my clinical skills. It was funny how foreign everything has become, I struggled with the pattern and process of how to hold an instrument and how to begin my cleaning. LA Lab was very nerve racking because I have never pictured myself numbing a patient. I can't lie I was very nervous to start talking about the whole process but Dr. Hanson and Dr. Naylor were flawless. They had us inject chicken legs and feel how aspirating and penetration would most likely feel with the patient. It was extremely fun and I think it helped to calm my fears. LOL  being in the dental hygiene program has made me proud to say that I have stuck it out. I'm sure I will have difficult times to come but I'm glad to be married and focus more on the big exams this year. I am having a difficult time getting organized this year because I think I'm really nervous for things to come but I hope I will get back into the groove shortly.

I guess we'll see how I feel week 2 lol Peace out

Aw school is starting again...

Here I am in my last year of dental hygiene and feeling a little overwhelmed to start. As I anticipate the orientation on Friday I feel freaked out and not relief to be in my final year of my bachelors. I have been working towards this ever since I felt that dentistry would be my profession and now with my newly married husband taking tests at the same time it's making me even more stressed. I just hope I feel some confidence after this orientation. Until next post I guess :) .....

April 6th!!!! and yes we're ahead on Class 2's!!!

So i found a Class two today and she is such a darling patient. I think she has given me the best OHI experience since she was a smoker and drinker = High risk for Oral cancer, Perio, and lesions! It was such a go talk I had with her to the point that she understood and was very compliant and helpful. I gave her great OHI aids and especially printed out handouts for her to take home and learn more about what we talked about! Yes I feel like the best Hygienist ever! Goal met.... 1 Quad, OD, XRAYS, and a through OHI :)

Thanks!

April YIKES! 4-4-11

Well for starters HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!
But wow has it been awful the past few days.. well apparently one of my little girls cancelled and so I have one one day and the other the other day. GRRR so now I had to see a little girl and two quads of a Class three today... or that was the plan! I'm so sad gees! My 1A came in ( the little girl) but then my Class 3 had high blood pressure that would not go down! Well I did the most honest and hard thing I had to do..... I let him go and gave him a physicians consult... :( You have no idea how hard that was. Luckily I have that next afternoon free with my last 1A but it still makes me made that I have to go through that fiasco again! set up break down ! GRRR

Oh well .. until the end of the semester it's going to be like that I fear...

3-30-11

YES! I did it again! I finished a patient! I'm so happy she had to get numb and even then she was hard but I did it! In one appointment I did two quads of a Class 3 and one quad of a Class 2 WOOT! I'm feeling so great! But my new goal now is to finish the semester strong! I'm so worried about getting my class 3 in soon! But a second yr saw him first so I'm sure it will be a great experience! I also have two Little Girls I'm seeing! Yay for little girls!  I think it's going to be the best!

So that's the goal finish strong and keep to the schedule :)

3-28-11

Alright so today went so much better! I had a patient today who was very unpleasant before but turned out to be one of my favorite patients! Wow I was so relieved I finished a Class 2 patient in one clinic session... I honestly think it was a class 5 patient but since I had done the OD and OHI before it turned out really nice today! :) I'm so happy to be a hygienist! I love all my instructors too! Instructor Vining was really helpful today!

I think I'm actually getting faster and there is a light at the end of the tunnel! My goal was for sure met today and Wednesday I have a patient coming in who also had to be rescheduled so wish me luck on finishing her!

March 23rd and the terrible week continues....

Well Wednesday patient showed up, hoped for a class three, ended up with a class 2 GRRRR! I don't need any more class two's so that was somewhat disappointing and also my patient tried to pull the one a appointment card, after I had specifically told her we needed two! I don't mind bringing people back and cleaning them but wow! I spend all my time working on this patient and they tell me that if I don't finish today they won't come back! GRR! what could be worse! but oh little did I know....

The Second half of the day I waited with midtown to get my xray requirements done... Well that ended up being disastrous because I got yelled at for help students and CA like my instructor told me too and then yelled at by the clinic manager for not waiting and trying to do things that aren't my job! GRR! I sometimes regret working at the clinic, because since I know so much people ask me to do things that I don't have time for. It makes me feel sad that i can't help but I'm unable to get stuff done!

Well I guess after the most awful day I did get Two Pano's, BWS, 1PA, and 1quad of a class 2 thanks to helpful instructors.

Wow what a week and it's not done yet...

March 21st What a Monday....

So over the spring break week I received a call that my patient had cancelled for Monday and I was out a patient. Not only did I not get to relax at all over my spring break but I was now stressing out about requirements and seeing if I could find a patient for Monday. Luckily my peers came to the rescue and were able to find me a patient on such short notice. Now that I had a patient, Monday morning came around and I had to prepare to see two patients in two clinic sessions all day. My patient who I had to schedule randomly in the morning Monday was this sweet old man who came into the clinic very distraught about his BP not being low enough. WoW! Did I not know what I was in for.... not only does he have high blood pressure but he also has diabetes, and a list full of medications! I spend my whole clinic session writing and looking up all his medications as well as taking his blood glucose! UGH I was so stressed and upset I did poorly on my appointment for the day.

My next patient of the day was extremely nice and relaxed! I loved treating her! I passed off a PE, finished her cleaning, and had a pleasant chat with her about gingivitis and how you need to come in for a cleaning every 6 months. I felt like I was a lot calmer because I was in my own pod and knew that flow of everything.

But that didn't end my day... so I thought I would be ok not to eat all day and not take my medicine. I found out that was a huge mistake and ended up going home really sick and feeling useless as a hygienist. Sometimes these days happen and it bruises my ego and I have just decided this week is not my week.

3-9-11 YIKES!

So I haven't written in a while but that is because I had the unfortunate experience of being in a car accident! Yeah all I can say is I was in pain enough to not be able to see patients on Monday. Well Today Wednesday wasn't that great either. I saw my first 1A anticipating that everything was going to go fast, easy, and breezy... Oh how I was mistaken. This little girl was sweet and really sweet but man when you got in her mouth she drooled every where and I was doing two sealants but every time I was ready to place it she would lick her tooth! From there I would then have to redo the bond and hope she would not lick it again. Not only did that happen but I had to wait 30 mins for the doctor to come check if I could even put on the sealant! GRRR So long story short it took my whole appointment and I was unable to start a class3 patient that I was hoping for because I now am left with none! That was my week last week... problem after problem... after problem.... but I guess to had one positive note I got an A on my DH test :)


Signing off :)

3-2-11 BACK UP! :)

So patient decided to cancel on me today so I was able to see my dashingly handsome fiance to come to my rescue! :) hehehehe I love this boy. Anyways It was a very productive and educational day because today I finished a 1B from start to finish! Yes, I have no done it and now have the extreme confidence to do it again! I can't say it wasn't thrilling but I was glad in was my fiance for this appt. He was extremely encouraging and relaxed.

the Goal today was definitely met! I am now planning on my next patient who is a Class 2 to get atleast two quads done alone with the OD. Yes, I am feeling confident that I can do this! Now let's hope this patient for sure ends up to be a Class 2 LOL.

Well until next time
Thanks!

2-28-11 TROOPER Patient!

My patient today was an absolute trooper! not only is he a good patient anyways but he had his wisdom teeth extracted between cleaning and had his braces tightened. And to top it all off he came in early let me clean him, improved on his brushing and set a goal to continue awesome oral care! WOW! if only I could be a patient like that! all I can say was I had a really good day I don't believe I missed mor than two spots and he did so awesome!

It's a good day today and I look forward to Wednesday!

2-23-11 Just another patient day with a twist

I was so proud Wednesday I finished my patient so early that I had an hour to spare. Though I had anticipated this and previously scheduled with my next patient the day before. They failed to come and I felt so unproductive! GRRR when meeting requirements it feels like any day wasted is so bad and that you always need to be on the ball. I was really mad because I was going to take a full mouth within that time but again what can you do when the patient didn't show up. So the goal that day was to finish up early which I did and make sure all PE's that were possible were passed off. Goal I would have to say was met, but at the same time I'm sad that I didn't get the most out of my clinic day.

On a good note though I was able to help everyone, who had a longer day then me, clean up and get out of there close to on time. That was my day, yes, they are getting less and less eventful but I hope I'm getting a lot faster.  The main problem I think I'm running into now is keeping my instruments sharp! So it's off to the grid stone for me this weekend! Later!

Should have been Wednesday's Post... :)

So to pretend this is Wednesday and that I have just finished clinic. When in actuality I'm at work doing homework :) ha ha yes my job rocks. Well Wednesday was a lab day so we didn't have any patients but worked on improving our skills and practicing using the diagnodent, blood glucose test, and how to properly clean dentures. I can't say it was the most entertaining day in clinic but I guess it gives us a nice break. To be honest I think I was so tired that I could have just fallen asleep in clinic. But yeah it was good always good to learn new things. I do have to say that I'm so stoked to not have clinic on Monday, yes it makes requirements into crunch time but I'm so happy to have a break. Today I'm doing lots of homework but I'm also taking Nate out for his Valentines surprise! I got us tickets to.... oh wait he might read this so better to tell next time . :) I'm really excited though. Well better get back to the grind but I'll write more later. Peace! :)

Mondays are awesome! 2-14-11

Well I finished my first Class 2 day YAY! it feels good to get that done! And wow I didn't remember calculus being that hard... wow! I'm going to need to sharpen every instrument I own! So today's goal was met by finishing him but i wish I could have done more. Umm It's Valentines Day so pretty happy about that but that's all for today folks..... :)

New Patient Day

Well lol if I was having a bad day before I came into Clinic I sure didn't went I left. I had the pleasure of coming to clinic today and being able to see Sam in her snow coat setting up here unit. Ha Ha I don't know why it was so funny but since the locker room was locked this morning we all had to trek into clinic with all our stuff and start setting up so we weren't behind. :) It really ended up being a great day though. My patient was really late but completely nice. He was really willing and took to heart the gingivitis talk I gave him ha ha. I think the funniest thing he said as I was cleaning his not seen in two years wow was... "Wow my gums hurt," lol I know that's not very funny but I was ready to bust out laughing. I was like well what were you expecting when you don't take care of your self. Patients crack me up and give me great experiences! I for sure met my goal because inspite of being late I did a whole OD, XRays, and 2 quads. I was extremely happy!

Oh yeah I was so excited about Ghana last time I forgot to tell about my braces experience. Well first things first they are hard to probe and harder to clean. It was nice because I had a really fun patient but it was definitely something new. But either way I was happy with his appointment also.

So all in all I think my next goal is to pass off as may PE's as I can with my class 2 next week! and oh yeah HAPPY EARLY VALENTINE's DAY! :D well I'm off to bed still catchin up on all the homework since this Ghana project is putting me a little behind. Best of Luck every one!

New Project!!!!!! :D Getting really excited!

Alright this post is a little not dental hygiene related but I had to share the good news! A have the opportunity to create a  program for improvement of oral health care in West Africa! Now for a little background I have always wanted to do humanitarian work in Africa! I didn't know why at a very young age I was drawn to that continent but for some reason I knew I wanted to do work there. Well as a poor college school you don't have very much money to participate in these grand endeavors  or search out these study abroad programs so this scholarship has given me the chance to help serve but not have to go right at this particular moment. I have the challenge of making 100 instruction packets which we are sending down there to give to local health care works so they may in turn teach local communities. Along with this challenge I have created a program to teach the volunteers which are going to go to Africa about these packets and the oral health knowledge to which they can enforce learning to these health care workers. I'm so excited but only have a few short months to plan and execute everything! so wish me luck on my dream program!
Tori :)

Get'er DONE! 2-2-11

It's February now! gees time is going by way too fast and I can't say I'm doing so hot catching up. Yesterday I was so sick and I think I'm making myself more stressed beyond anything. I don't know why I'm so stressed but for some reason I'm not doing too weel on tests, class, and struggling with studying. I hope this is the end of this awful slow, not so productive week!
   On a happier note I was really efficent today, I finshed my patient and passed two PE's. I feel like I can make it some days and others I'm amazed that I survived. I'm getting so much faster in clinic though! what a joy and a blessing it is to know that at least something is paying off the way I want it too. My next patient has braces and I think that will be a fun and new challenge! Hope all is well with the rest of the classes and wish everyone the best. I'm signing off for today! Thanks!

1-31-11 Well I'm behind

Today was the most awesome day I finsihed my patient and got two sealants done! wow so great! I was extremely happy so I definitely met my goal for the day. and I do have to say this awesome 80's music really puts me in a good mood.

So next time I'm going to pass off two PE's and finsih my patient! yay... sorry so short today.

Patient Patient Patient!!!!!

    Wednesday went well I got 4 BWX yet again and passed a PE but only one quad!? gees! I'm so slow! It didn't help that my patient was detained from his appointment because parking pass madness was going on! and then BAM! for some reason I thought he was good on his HHx but just when I was about to start everything I realized that the Hygienist had put the wrong date on treatment and the HHx was TWO YEARS OLD! ah! what a waist of time trying to I had to let him hurry and finish up so while waiting I got the X-ray room set up. I guess there are always ways to get something done while others aren't going your way. Anyways I didn't meet my goal and I'm getting frustrated with how slow I'm getting You just have to be super early and light with the scaler it seems anyways I'm out and off to study! Later!

Let me hear ya Holla at me! :D

Well Ladies and Gentlemen I'd be lying if I didn't say TODAY WAS MY BEST DAY OF CLINIC! I have been inspired today to do better and clean faster! I finished a 1B patient start to finish with 4 BWX conventional, and TWO PE's! Woot! I had a really good day and I was happy we finally had a monday afternoon clinic! Wow and I owe it all to my favorite instructor Vyning! He always makes sure you learn something new and then shows you how to work on it! I really felt quite accomplished today! YES!

lol anyways moving on my goal today was for sure met; my new goal is to do that for a second time! I really need to get some sealants in so I think I'll just have a day with all my patients who need them to come in for 10 mins each and get them all done! That would be awesome! So that's the new goal finish another person all the way finished and then pass atleast one PE while doing it. Sweet! Well Signing off for tonight but Awesome job ladies! I'm happy to be in our Class year!

Another day Another dollar

Well today wasn't the best but one PE passed and one quad whoot whoot. I met a Goal that was good, I just can't wait to have another Monday! It is so not fun having to short Wednesdays when you need those longer Mondays to get things done. I just wish I had more time mostly. Next Goal finish two people! but for next Monday finish my one A because they only have one day at the clinic. Yes, you guessed it the The Family From Topic is headed up with all their kids ! I'm Stoked and ready to go, Can't wait.

First 1B and loving it

Wow it's incredible how much easier a 1B is compared to a Two. I would say today went great, not completely the way I wanted but great none the less. I feel like I need to be faster but I don't want to miss anything, I guess it just comes with time.
As for an update on my goal I didn't get my two quads and I waited a while for an OD check and scale check so Pe's weren't very possible either. I will definitely get at least one pasted off next time. So for my new goal for next time is to call pt. ahead of time and discuss medications and I guess something to work on would be to improve the angulation of the instrument on the tooth. I'm definitely scaling right and staying on task I just think once I get that pure adaption that I'll get all the calculus instead of missing things here and there.  And finally I will atleast get one quad done on my first unknown patient :). Yay! lol

All I can say is this program rocks! and I'm excited that we're so involved !

Not first day of second semester but definitely the Best day! 1-10-11

Ok Sorry I haven't blogged until now but I thought the other days just weren't worth blogging about. Yes, I did get some good work done and it was a learning experience but I can't tell you that I'm not extremely excited that my next patient is a 1B!!!! Wow the last few clinic days to be honest have been a complete nightmare! I was unsure of how to chart, my pt. was a class 2 and I didn't get how to scale the hard calculus. So I guess today was my relief from stress... Today! I finished two quads of a class 2 and passed off a PE! Yes! I did it! I'm happy there is slight light at the end of the tunnel and  I'm doing a heck of a lot better! YAY!

Alright on the serious note of the blog I did have a goal today I wanted to pass off two PE's and finish two quads. Well I met half of my goal I only missed one PE, that was really good by my standards. My goal for the next clinic session is to complete 2 quads of this new 1B patient I'm seeing so that means everything.. Xrays, OD, scale check and finally two quads. So I'm excited to see how it turns out! Hope everything is working out for all you ladies and good luck on the muscle strength lol I know my fingers hurt today :)