Airpowder!

We learned how to use the airpowder polisher today and I was partnered with Marliyn and I was testing the tip and sprayed her right in the face. I feel so bad I am so uncoordinated, not only do I have to know how to use both hands at the same time but use feet to.

We did ultra sonic today it made me so nervous. I still feel uncomfortable using a probe. I will be happy when we work on a real patient from start to finish and learn how to do everything in order.

Today was so crazy I didn't even come close to getting all the things done that I needed to get done today. I learned a lot. Hopefully it gets better next time.

Scaling

I passed off anterior scaling today. I hope I did well because all of the practicing I had been doing I actually did wrong. I am so mad I am getting another cold sore, my second one in a week. This is such a stressful time for me and it is causing me to get these annoying sores. I need my husband to get me some more medication. I hope I clear up soon.

Dental Charting

I learned so much today. I was so clueless on how to chart for a patient and today I had so many of my questions answered. I passed off instrument identification which I wasn't very worried about but then it was pretty hard. I got asked a lot of questions that made me really have to think.

Exploring

Passed off exploring today, so happy! I had a cold sore that was healing so nobody could work on me today, that sucked because they did the disclosing agent. I really wanted to see if my brushing and flossing was good or if I am missing a lot of places. My feet are killing today because I have mostly stood all day.

Probing PE

Passed off PE on probing today, I feel so bad for Lauren. I made her bleed on #18 and I got a 2. Then the instructor pushed really hard in the same spot and got a 4 and really hurt her, I don't know yet what she gave me for passing it off because I was off by 2mm. I feel so awkward on my fulcruming on all the lingual surfaces. I hope this becomes second nature soon!

Scaling

This was so fun on the dexter but really scary on the real person. I was scared the whole time I was going to make Lauren bleed. I didn't so I'm glad. I don't think I was scaling hard enough though. I want to go home and practice scaling even more. I hope she gives us a lot more time in clinic to practice scaling.