Last Clinic Day

Woo HOO!! Last day of clinic! I am so excited to be done and I ended it with a really hard 1B patient. I was working the lower anterior teeth for ever!! I am getting better everyday and I am very excited to start my second year in dental hygiene.

I need to learn Spanish Desperately!!

I really feel like I could be a much better clinician if I knew how to speak spanish. I have had atleast three patients that could not speak hardly any english so it was so hard to talk to them about OHI and diseases. I am going to make that my goal this summer, and atleast learn some dental terms. I really feel this will increase my confidence with my spanish speaking patients.

Presentations

We have our table clinic presentations this Thursday and I am so nervous! I hate speaking in front of people and it is going to be 10-15 minutes long. I put together the powerpoint last night and I feel really good about that, but when it comes to talking in presentations, I swear you would never know that I have taken a public speaking class. But I do feel I am improving there as well. I love that this program is constantly sharpening so many different skills like research, speaking, study habits, instrumentation, and even patient communication.

Feeling comfortable

I am really starting to feel like I know what I am doing, which is great. I am doing much better with my angulation of xrays and using my instruments. The only instruments that I feel I have not practiced with enough are my graceys. I don't think I have used them once. So I will make sure to always bring them out first thing next semester.

Getting Better

I am so horrible at blogging. Let me just say that this is not because I don't have anything to talk about, I just forget to do this. So yes, I am going to have to post like ten at the end of the semester. I am getting better though, I actually feel like I know what I am doing FINALLY! Its so exciting sharpening my technique and even though I still make mistakes, I now know how to fix them.

Almost Finished

I am so excited to be almost done with my first year! All I have left is 2 quads of a class 3. Today I finished my class 2 exam and did a sealant and it feels great. I am struggling with my class 3 getting here. He has cancelled on me twice now and I don't know if I can count on him to get here. Do I try to find another one?