First day of patients 2nd year

I'm finally a second year!! I thought for sure I'd be awesome!!!... but I guess you don't always get what you wish for! ha ha! Actually it wasn't that bad. My paper work went pretty fast. The cleaning isn't too bad either. What was bad was the x-rays!!! I tried doing digital and they were horrible!!! I also did some conventional. They were a little better, but Iforgot the angle's that you want I need to go and review. My goal for next class is to have gone over the x-ray angles again so that I will be able to take beautiful x-rays :) My goal also for next time is to rock and roll. Rock toward the side i'm working on and rolling into the interproximal space. Prof. Alexander showed me how to enter the pocket correctly, but I forgot how. I need to ask her again. Close the angle of the scaler, enter the pocket and open it. I guess that's how... I'll still ask!

I'm a 2nd year!!

Today was the first day back! We did not do cleanings, but we got reacquainted with the clinic. It felt a little weird working in people's mouths again. I hope I didn't hurt the girl I was working on. I'm excited for the semester. I think it will be a lot of fun to have a full year working on patients. HOpefully improving my skills every day. The first skill I would like to work on is probing fast and correctly. I would also like to work on making sure I feel the calculus before I remove it so I can be confident that it is gone. I am excited to learn from the faculty here. That's all for today!! Welcome back!!