Monday, January 5, 2009

Back to School

Wow, after that long break it was super hard to come back to school. I was so nervous to come back, I felt like i had forgotten everything. Well, maybe not everything, as soon as I walked into this building I felt like I never left and things are coming back to me quite nicely. So we learned about our gracey curets today. Personally I think a lot of them look alike. I am glad we only have three to worry about. I really liked scraping white-out off the typodont's teeth, it was quite fun. I really like the way the graceys work. We also learned how to use the ultrasonic scaler and I thought that was super fun. I've seen the dentist use those several times but I've never used one myself nor have I had it used on me. I really can't wait until the lab in Feb so that someone can use one on me so I know what it feels like. I had a good time practicing on the typodont it was pretty fun. I just switched clinic times so it is a little different being with different people, but I know I will love it just as much. I am really nervous and really scared to be treating patients every clinic. I am more worried about where I am going to get all my patients from. I have no idea but hopefully I will be able to figure it out soon.

1 comment:

Tiara said...

Hi There,
My name is Tiara, I am a Dental Hygiene student at Pierce college in WA state. It is really interesting to read your blog, because we are pretty much experiencing the same things! I agree, coming back after winter break was hard! Hard because I enjoyed my break so much, and the craziness of finals was still ingrained in my mind :) What state are you located in? It would be interesting to compare our programs! Feel free to e-mail me if you want to keep in touch!

Tiara