Are you Real??

I saw my first pt today. My mom. She's great. I only finished one quad which was very disappointing. My goal for next time I see a patient is to not waist so much time thinking about what comes next and not spend so much time with OHI. I didn't miss any calculus so that was good, but it was weird cleaning around crowns, it was a good experience for me. Sorry mom!

My what nice teeth I have

Today Laura cleaned my teeth. She did a really good job, it was not bad at all. I passed off my PSR PE. That means no more PE's this semester!! Yeah for us. I can't believe the end is in sight. My goal for next time is to do a good job on my mom. Most of all I plan to get her physician's consult done with so I can actually work on her.

My 1st patient

Today I saw my 1st patient, but due to HIPPA requirements I can't release her name. She was the best patient ever! It was fun to go through and do everything we would do with a real patient. It went much smoother than expected. I was the first one done, yeah for me!! Now we are going to go over the PSR PE. I'm loving dental hygiene. I'm glad I chose this for my career. Instructor Vining wanted me to slow down, but I'm usually pretty fast at everything. Yesterday Professor McConaughy told me and Celeste to slow down while doing xrays. I'm not quite sure why though, because I thought we were supposed to be fast as a hygienist, not that 2 1/2 hours to see one patient is fast. My goal for next time is to be a good patient for Laura Green ;)

We have a STAT emergency!!

Today we prepared ourselves for an emergency situation. Our group was the best group according to Dr. Anderton, but really, are you surprised? Just kidding. I passed off my sealant PE on Celeste. We won't get much time for lunch today which sucks because I am starving. Oh well. Celeste and I need to choose a topic for our table clinic. My goal for next time is to get out on time.

My Hot Hus-A-Band!

Halloween 2006!

Blogging Fools!!

Let's just say we are blogging fools. I accomplished my goal for the day. I brought my wedding ring in and used the air powder polisher to clean it really good. It is so shiny, I love it. I signed up to take x-rays on my mom on the 29th. I got sealants today on #12 and the Mesial of #14. They tasted bad, but they are ok now. I passed off my instrument sharpening and air powder polisher PE's. Sorry my blog is boring today, but it's like I say, "only boring people have boring blogs." P.S. While using the air powder polisher on Celeste I accidentally sprayed water straight up her nose. It was so funny!! She laughed with me, I laughed at her. Bless her heart.

Ode to Celeste!!

I have a friend named Celeste,
She is the best.
I once said she was sharp as a curet toe,
but know I realize she is the smartest girl I know.
She is sharp as a scaler,
but she swears like a sailor.
I tease her about having bad breath,
but really...I love her to death!

Love, Joni
BFF

Air Powder What??

Today we used the air powder polisher. Wow!! What an experience. It was like swimming in the pacific ocean good, it was seeing Old Faithful good, it was bitter sweet. While polishing Celestial, I had her swish and then when she closed her lips around the saliva ejector water went everywhere. It was seriously so funny! We laughed our heads off for a good minute. Then we cleaned our pennies off with the air powder polisher. It worked like a dream. Then I cleaned my ring, it's Bling Bling now, I love it. It's so shiny...I can't take my eyes off it. My goal for next time is to bring my wedding ring and polish it up! I can't wait. When Celestial was polishing my teeth it was so salty and when it got to the back of my throat it made me want to do anything to get it out of my mouth. She had me gargle, but of course, being the funny gal she is, she made me laugh and my mouth full of salt water went everywhere, but I didn't care because I just wanted the salt out! We had so much fun today. Celeste is the best and I love her to death and she doesn't really have halitosis, I was just bitter that day:) We get to develop my camera finally, yeah!!
This just in from our good friend Holly Spencer...Next time we should wrap gauze around the pt's tongue to avoid tasting the salt and to avoid tongue abrasion. I bet Celeste wishes we would have known that trick before I got rid of the first few layer of tongue epithelium. She said her tongue tingles a bit, but that's to be expected after having your tongue air powder polished. Sorry Celestial!

Fluoride For 4

Today I achieved my goal of passing off my fluoride PE, but that is all I did today. What a waste. Dave is home sick, I wish I was with him. I plan to trick him today by sneaking disclosing agent into his juice. I can't wait. He deserves it after the ambesol incident. I have time to practice some skills, but I don't have sterile instruments or desire, so here I am. I'll probably study up for my radiology test. Boo!! I really don't like to study, so I don't. Oh well.
My goal for next time is to pass off sharpening. That shouldn't be a problem. Sharpening was easier than I expected, thank goodness. P.S. Celeste has halitosis and she's sharp as a curet toe!!

Passed off PE's!!

Today we ran late because we actually worked until 11:00. I passed off the universal instruments and selective polishing PE's. I feel good about scaling. My goal for next time is to get here earlier and practice interproximal scaling. I did pretty good interproximally and I like to clean there because it rarely gets cleaned.

Celeste and her sound effects:)

Today was fun. We got to learn how to coronal polish, which I've been doing for over 3 years so, needless to say, i came pretty easily. I got to scrape cement off my pt which made my hand tired, but it was good to make some progress. My favorite quote of the day was Celeste describing how intense Listerine is (See Celeste's Bog for her description.) Love you Celeste!! My goal for next time is to have a pt to enter as my first pt.