My First Real Patient... My Husband :)

Launce came in on Monday to be my first real patient.  I was quite nervous until I walked out into the waiting room to get him and he had a big smile on his face.  He also was quick to point out how nervous I seemed and that I didn't need to be nervous.  He made me feel a lot better and I was grateful for it.  We got to take x-rays first (after doing HHx and HHx Rx of course).  I feel the most comfortable with conventional film so that's what I used.  I also feel like it has the best picture quality too.  I was pretty proud of the x-rays I did.  It was fun to be able to show him his x-rays and show him everything that I could see.  He thought it was pretty cool too.  Then we started getting to work.  I decided that I really enjoy doing OHI.  I loved being able to show him the areas that he needs to work on a little bit better and how to properly brush and why you are supposed to do this or that.  Knowing that my instructions get to help others be more healthy makes me feel so good.  However, my husband gets OH instructions at least a couple times a week because of things that I learn in class so today was just another chance to reinforce what I talk to him about at home.  Ha ha.  I really am so glad Launce could come and I hope he knows how much I appreciated him coming.  So, Launce if you read this post I just want to tell you thank you and I love you!  :) 
    I thought that my real patient day went well.  It gave me a chance to know how to fit x-ray in with everything and how it will be having so many people working in the clinic at once.  I am excited to start seeing more patients and to hopefully start improving my speed soon.

Rest and Relaxation

Today I really did get some nice R and R while in clinic today since I was the patient.  I seriously thought I was going to fall asleep a couple times while I was in the chair.  I really liked having the opportunity to be the patient (not only because I got to relax and not worry about what was going on), but because I was able to experience what our patients will be experiencing.  I also liked being able to review what I need to do as Stefanie was doing my whole treatment.  I know that the more times I get to review information the better cemented it gets in my head.  I really thought Stefanie did a good job at explaining everything she was doing so that as a patient I would not be afraid or wonder what was going on.  I also liked seeing how the Stefanie and Pro. Costley talked to each other and worked together as a team from a patient's perspective.  It reminded me of how we always need to be professional in what we say, in what we do, and how we act.  I'm excited to finish out my patient experience on Wednesday.  (I'm even more excited for Monday when we have "real" patient day since Launce, my husband, is going to be my patient!)

Day 2 of Being Operator

Can I just say that I have loved being the operator.  I'm kind of sad that I don't get to be the operator again next week, even though it will be very relaxing to lay back in the chair for a few hours.  The first objective today was to pass off my Sealant PE, which went very well.  I did leave a little void in the sealant that I did get to fix though.  I think it is so neat that we are able to practice everything we learn on each other so we get a real feel for what to do on "real" patients.  After passing off my Sealant PE I did my HHx, HHx/Rx, and then I got to start scaling (but if Stefanie was a "real" patient I would have done OHI to see if she had improved since the last time I saw her).  I scaled her whole mouth today and it was awesome!  I got to get out the ultrasonic and see what that was like too.  I also loved doing that.  I really enjoy doing instrumentation.  It's very satisfying to be able to know that I am helping someone have better oral care by what I am doing.  :)  After scaling and having my two scale checks I rubber cup polished her teeth with toothpaste, since Stefanie didn't have any stains, and I put some varnish on her.  Today went by really fast I thought.  Stefanie was such a nice patient that she cleaned up my op for me while I wrote in her chart. 

Radiology today was a lot of fun too.  We always have such a good time together.  We learned how to do panos and duplicate film today, which was cool.  We even took a real pano on Kristie.  We even had a diet lesson from Marianne, which I thought was very good advice.  She said that you do not associate foods with being bad or good foods, food is just food or else you go crazy about what you eat.  I love all the girls in my group.  They are all so much fun to be around.  :)

I Am the Operator

Snow snow and more snow!  It snowed, interspersed with rain all day today.  I loved it.  It was so nice to be able to have our windows open to look outside since it was overcast and the sun was not shining in our faces.  I got to be the operator first and Stefanie was my patient.  I really enjoyed being able to put everything together like we will be doing for patients.  I also really enjoyed feeling like a real hygenist.  I was able to feel that way because I have learned many skills that I need, now I just get to keep working on them.  I like reviewing health history because I feel like it has the most detail, so I want to make sure that I am doing it correctly.  Probing went well for me today.  I don't feel so scared to probe anymore.  We only got through OHI today and we get to finish the rest on Wednesday.  I can't believe how fast the time went by today.  I guess that's what happens when you're doing something you enjoy.

November

I can't believe it's already November.  Some days I feel like school just started.  Well, today's blog is going to be a longer one because I didn't blog on Monday.  On Monday we got to do sealants on each other.  I thought it was a lot of fun.  Sam and I were partners.  She did 3 sealants on me.  She did an excellent job too (except we need to get the sealant out of my interproximal area because I can't floss.  Ha ha). I only did one on her, but it went pretty well.  I am so impressed with all of the dental technology.  I think it is so neat that someone figured out how to make a material that can stick to the tooth to prevent the tooth from getting cavities.  I also think the whole process of etching and placing the sealant is neat too. 
Today Sam and I were partners again.  We passed off the air powder polishing and flouride PEs.  Sam and I looked fabulous in our air powder polishing attire (hair nets).  Marianne made sure to get a picture of just my hair in the net because with my pony tail put up in it it looks like a snake.  I felt really good about air powder polishing, especially because I was "given" the opportunity to practice on Monday.  I really like the varnish because it stays on the tooth, but I don't like the way it feels all gunky on my teeth.  Sam gave me the foam fluoride that I haven't had for several years and I realized that I really missed it.  However, it's probably not as effective as the varnish. 
In Radiology today we got to take bitewings on each other.  I had a blast!  Taking x-rays on a real person was so much better than doing them on Dexter.  I have to say that I am very proud of the x-rays I took.  :)  It made my day!  My x-rays are killer, as Instructor Allen would say.  I also love the x-rays that were taken of me.  Seeing my own x-rays now actually means something to me too.  I love dental hygiene.  :)

So Much Salt!

So, when we got into clinic today a little after 7:30 it was still dark outside.  Crazy! Today we got to use the air powder polisher and it was so much fun and yet, so messy.  It also has a very unpleasant taste.  I had no idea a dental instrument could make such a big mess.  The air powder polisher shoots out the sodium bicarbonate onto the tooth and then it shoots out everywhere.  Our glasses were covered by the time we got done.  We wore very stylish hair nets to protect as much of our bodies as we could.  Ha ha.  By the time we were done my face was plastered in it.  Then, when it was my turn to be the operator Karlie couldn't stop laughing when I was using the air powder polisher on her.  It was so funny!  I love working with Karlie.  She is always so happy, positive, and helpful.  We also got to rubber cup polish today.  I liked doing that more than air powder polishing.  It felt good to have toothpaste being polished over my teeth and then rinsed off.  I am excited to get to practice rubber cup polishing some more.  It was hard to always stay around 10 rpms, but I would have my streaks when I could do a few teeth at a time without stopping or going to fast.  It was so much fun when I was able to do a few teeth at a time.  However, one of the cool things about the air powder polisher is how it gets off stains.  I was able to get a couple stains off of Karlie's teeth today, which was cool and quite rewarding to see it disappear.  Today went by really fast, actually almost every day is going by too fast now.

Zoom Zoom

Today went by so fast today!  It's almost time to go and I feel like I just got here.  We got to have another practice day and it was awesome!  We passed off our OHI PE and our Intraoral Camera PE.  I am excited to get to work with patients and work with them to help them improve their oral health.  I think it will be so rewarding to have patients who listen and who do what you suggest and be able to see real improvement in their mouths.  Karlie and I had fun pretending that each of us had crazy diseases or ate or drank too much cariogenic foods.  The more I learn here the more I want to share what I learn.  I tell my family and my friends things to help them.  I really liked using different instruments today.  The 204S is awesome! 

Practice Being a Patient

I got to be the patient today while Stefanie was the operator.  I really do learn a lot from watching someone else work on me in the mirror.  I can see the angles that we are taught to make and am able to visually see what I am supposed to do and then correct and perfect what I am doing.  I also was able to see spots in my mouth that I need to continue to work on with brushing to get all of the biofilm off of.  However, I am pleased to say that my PFI or plaque free index score was much higher than it was last time we disclosed.  My goal is to continue to raise it up higher.  I wonder if it's possible to get a perfect 100% PFI.  Maybe I will try to do it, which means brushing meticulouly for a real 10 minutes.  While I was the patient today I almost dozed off when Instructor Hafen was discussing PE's with Stefanie until she woke me up.  Ha ha.  I got to pass off my universal instrumentation today and my eaglesoft PE.  Deciding which end of the instrument to use comes almost totally naturally now, which astounds me because when we first learned it I did not understand it at all.  I can't believe how much we have learned and how it continues to build, but also continues to make sense.  I also have to say that in Radiology today I took some pretty good x-rays.  I was quite proud of myself.  :)  Taking x-rays on a little kid was something new for me and crazy how one film will do their whole mouth for a bitewing.  I was happy how most of my bisecting went today too, except for number 11.  We fought with 11 on Dex. 3 today for a while and Dex 3 ended up winning, but other than that x-rays were great.  I enjoyed doing our test too because I like seeing everything that there is to see in an x-ray.  Basically I really enjoyed today.  :)

Being Operator All Day Rocks!

I had the opportunity to be the operator all day in clinic today and I thought it was fabulous.  I was able to put everything together that we have learned and do it like a real patient was coming in for treatment.  I got to go through the health history, take blood pressure, pulse, respirations, do the extra and intra oral exams, probe, disclose - it really was fabulous.  Oh, and how could I forget that I got to practice scaling.  I love scaling.  I enjoyed getting the whole day to work without feeling rushed.  I was surprised at how easy everything came to me too.  Stefanie was such a good patient too.  She was very helpful in making sure I did everything correctly and in the right order.  Disclosing is always fun since you can visually see where the biofilm is.  Marianne, in the name of science, went from Wednesday to clinic on Monday without brushing so that we could see what her mouth looked like after she disclosed.  She had a PFI of 0.  Ha ha.  I also liked being able to practice brushing someone else's teeth again so that I can continue to practice putting the right amount of pressure on the brush.  I have realized that I do need to work on my NWP (neutral working position) more though because there are a couple spots in my back that are sore, so apparently I was not sitting correctly.  I plan on really working on that as we practice on each other more.  Well, it's 10:13 and I'm quite tired, so goodnight!  (And I will see everyone bright and early at 8 in the morning!)

Charting

We worked on charting today and I have to say that charting was kind of boring for Whitnee and me because we both don't really have anything to chart except lingual bars and sealants.  I can't wait to look at a bunch of girls' mouths so that I can learn what different fillings and sealants look like to get better at distinguishing between each of them.  When I go home I will have to inspect my families and friends mouths to get some experience with distinguishing between things.  Since we finished charting rather quick we were able to have more time to practice instrumenting.  I know I've said it before, but I have to say it again - I love scaling.  I feel so much more confident about scaling, especially because it is getting easier and easier for me to tell which side I need to use when I scale.  I am also getting better at finding and really using my fulcrum.  I also worked on getting into the interproximal areas better, which I was able to really do today.  It amazes me how I really can feel the tooth and what's on the tooth with my instrument.  I'm excited to start practicing with my other instruments as well that we haven't used yet.  I plan on practicing with my typodont this weekend though.  I have to finish my post by giving a huge thank you to Marilyn.  She was so nice to help me out with bagging my instruments and explaining the reasoning for why you bag certain instruments together or separate.  She even cleaned up my unit.  So thank you Marilyn! 

I've Been Disclosed

So, yesterday in clinic we had fun using a disclosing agent to see where the biofilm was in our mouths.  It was fun watching my mouth turn blue, however, the taste of it was not as fun.  I learned that I need to be brushing a few different areas a little better than I thought I was.  I got to practice brushing MeChel's teeth and flossing them as well.  Brushing someone else's teeth is going to take some getting used to.  I didn't want to push to hard and hurt her, but I wanted to make sure I was doing an effective job at getting all of the stuff off of her teeth.  Flossing someone else's teeth is going to take even more getting used to I think because I do not want to hurt any patient by snapping the floss through their contacts.  I will have to practice that on my own free time. 
P.S. - Can I just say that I love Crest Pro Health nighttime rinse?  It's fabulous. 

Posterior Scaling, It's Actually Not too Bad

Like my post title says, posterior scaling really was not too bad.  I thought it was going to be much harder than it actually was.  We got to practice on our typodonts first, as usual, and I did not feel like I was getting it.  Lauren was trying to help me out but it seemed like there was a block between my brain and fingers.  Then I was nervous to actually work on Madi, but once I started working on her it was like the block between my brain and fingers disappeared.  I think my brain really kicks it into gear when I have a real patient in the chair.  I felt really good about going from the mesial of one tooth to the distal of another without having to pull the instrument away from the tooth and move it.  By the end of practicing I felt very good about moving from tooth to tooth.  Madi was really good to practice posteriors on because she still has her wisdom teeth so I really got to experiment with the best way to get to the back of her mouth.  Sometime it seems like you will never be able to reach to the back of someone's mouth and then, all of a sudden, you find the right position and everything magically works. 
I love seeing how what we learn builds everytime we go to clinic.  At first we all had a hard time learning chair positions and now it almost feels like second nature.  Well, to anyone who is reading this have a great weekend!

I Love Scaling!

I was not a big fan of probing, but I think the main reason why was because probing was the first time we ever entered an actual mouth and I was really nervous about it.  Then we moved on to exploring which I thought was fun and enjoyable, but today we scaled and I loved it.  I think that the more we are in each others' mouths the more comfortable I am sticking an instrument in there and "getting the job done."  Anterior teeth are also much easier to reach all of the areas of the tooth, so that made scaling even more enjoyable.  I like the feel of the instrument curving around the tooth and getting into the col area because you can pull on it and feel it cleaning away the gunk in between.  I managed to not make my patient bleed at all today.  I was quite proud of myself.  However, I do think I need to go in a little farther to get the col area a little better.  I also decided today that we, as dental hygiene students, are going to have the cleanest mouths ever since we practice on each other so often.  It's awesome!

I Am Blue and White

So, today before clinic started our pod had a discussion on what "color" each of us are.  The girls in my pod told me they thought I was a mix of blue and white, which meant nothing to me because I didn't know what any of the colors meant.  Marianne told me that blue means that I am motivated to do things through friendship and that white means peaceful.  I decided that that sounds exactly like me, so I'm proud to be a blue/white person.  :)  Then Marianne said she was a red person, meaning she is motivated by power.  Ha ha.  I love starting clinic days with laughter. 
We got to get all of our instruments out, learn about, and sterilize them today.  It was so much fun!  Every day we're one step closer to having a real patient in our chair which is frightening and exciting at the same time.  I love how several of them are color coded.  The color coding will definitely help with learning the instruments.  In our pod we decided we're going to invent an instrument that will do the mesials on one side of the instrument and the distals on the other side instead of facial and lingual in honor of Instructor Hafen.  Then, once we've made a ton of money from our new instrument invention we will use the money to buy all of us loupes.  After sterilizing our instruments and having our set up race (our pod was so close to coming in first) we got to have a practice day.  It was awesome to be able to just practice and not go on to something new.  I feel more confident probing around in someone else's mouth now.  I hope we have more practice days like today.  I also think Kristie did an excellent job when practicing on me.  I liked watching her work on me in the mirror.  It helped me to learn better technique for myself.  Instructor Hafen showed us how we have to tip the explorer more when going into the col area, which helped both of us out a lot.  She gave us lots of good tips today that we were grateful for.

Get Your Fulcrum Up... Literally

Most of you that are not hygiene students are probably wondering right about now, "What is a fulcrum?"  Well, I will tell you what a fulcrum is.  A fulcrum is when your fingers are stacked on each other with your ring finger postioned on a tooth in order to give maximum stability (because you don't want to be poking your patient in the chair if they make any sudden movements).  I'm pretty sure that I received the record for not "getting my fulcrum up" high enough, at least when we first started practicing.  I got better the longer we practiced thankfully.  I also truly believe in the saying "practice makes perfect" because I have been able to do things that I didn't used to think I would ever be able to do.  I feel much more comfortable with instruments in both of my hands now, which used to be an awkward feeling - in fact I love being able to have instruments in both my hands because I feel like a real hygienist now.   

Probing... Dun... Dun... Dun...

We actually got to work in someone's mouth today and probe.  It was so exciting to actually work in someone's mouth.  Whitnee was my very patient patient.  We combined everything we've been learning with our light, mirror, and fulcrum to finally be able to probe.  We even practiced charting the probing depths.  I hope that I can get to a point where I can chart like 5 teeth at a time and remember all of my measurements.  I really like our probes (except for the wrong ones half of us had) because they are easy to read.  There is no guessing what the measurement is.  Actually, my biggest hope is that one day I'll actually be able to probe an entire mouth in 5 minutes because we practiced for 20 - 30 minutes and didn't even finish the whole mouth.  I decided that if patients didn't have posterior teeth probing would be so much nicer.  If patients also had super flexible cheeks that would be fabulous as well because then I could just shove a mirror in there and pull as hard as I would need to in order to see the teeth.  I also thought it was interesting being a patient and being able to watch Whitnee probe me.  I learned a lot just from watching her work.  I felt like I got a better understanding of how much pressure to use and that if the gums start blanching a lot you know you're pushing too hard.  Oh, before we started probing today we got to use marshmallows and corn candy to practice our touch and line angles.  It was a lot of fun, especially when some of the girls decided to eat their candy.  Ha ha.  Well, all in all today was a good day and hopefully next time we probe we will all have the correct probes!

Glad I remembered

So, I'm not an avid blogger (I prefer to scrapbook), so I'm really glad that I remembered that I needed to update my blog about clinic yesterday before going to clinic tomorrow.  Yesterday went by really fast - one minute it was 12:30 and when I looked at the clock again it was 4.  We practiced fulcruming yesterday and if I were to summarize fulcruming it would be stacking your fingers together and somehow managing to get them to stay that way while working in someone's mouth.  Pro. Costley made it look easy in the demonstration and I thought, "This is not as hard as I thought it would be."  Man, was I wrong.  My middle and ring fingers seemed liked they had opposing magnets on them because they would not stay together in certain clock positions.  I can tell that's definitely what I will be practicing this weekend (along with a bunch of PE's).  I have also decided that I thorougly enjoy being a pretend patient.  I could lay back in the chair all day - it's quite relaxing.  I was also very proud of myself for feeling confident about set up and take down finally.  I feel like it's coming naturally now instead of trying to pull from memory what I'm supposed to do next.  Well, we start probing tomorrow.  I hope I come home with my mouth still in one piece.

Go for it

Well, once again we were given a demo of what we were expected to learn and then sent on our merry way to go and practice it.  I'm not sure if I will ever get used to being expected to just go for it.  However, it is very exciting and it helps push me to do what needs to be done.  Today we were shown how to do an extra oral exam and how to use our mirror and fulcrum.  I decided that if every hygienist at every dentist office gave every patient an extra-oral exam, most patients would definitely be coming back every 6 months.  I also think patients would be more relaxed and less anxious to be at the dentist.  Patients would think they were getting a special massage even though all we are doing is checking for "lumps and bumps," meaning swollen nodes or any abnormal areas.  We also want the patient to tell  us if they feel any pain or tenderness.  After doing the extra-oral exam we got to practice using our mirror and using our ring finger to be our fulcrum.  It was so exciting to be almost to the point of actually cleaning each other's teeth!  Today was very interactive and a lot of fun.  MeChel and Tori were definitely good partners to be with.  Thanks for letting me practice on you two!

Vital Signs

Vital signs... what to say about vital signs?  Well, originally I was scared to death to have vital my vital signs taken (because of several bad experiences I have had, not to mention that having my arm go numb is like having a migraine).  However, after practicing on others and after being practiced on I actually had a good time doing it.  Not only can I take vital signs now, but I don't mind having vital signs taken on me.  I actually liked it so much I plan on practicing on my parents today when Launce and I go up to visit them today.  Hopefully they don't read my blog before Launce and I go up today... I want to work on unsuspecting victims... I mean patients. 

I wondered how nurses manually took blood pressures and how they figured it out with the cuff and stethescope and I have learned how it is done.  I was most surprised that the cuff actually cuts off the blood flow to the arm (that sounded dangerous to me at first until I understood the whole process).  The first beat that is heard is the systolic and the last beat that is heard is the diastolic.  When my blood pressure was taken I was around 105/60.  I am surprised that my blood pressure is so low.  I used to be 120/80, but apparently my running has helped out.  Sweet!

We also learned how to feel/count the pulse and that don't ever use your thumb or else you may get a false pulse from your own thumb.  You also do not take your fingers off of the patient's pulse when you begin to count respirations because if the patient knows that you are taking respirations they probably will not continue to breath normally.  I had an especially hard time with this when I knew that someone was watching me breathe.

Well, I guess I will wrap up my unusally long blog by saying that we still have an hour and we're pretty much done for the day already.

Health History

Well, today MeChel and I got to have a good look at each others' health histories... nothing too exciting to report about either of us unfortunately.  It was fun to learn how to use our drug reference book.  I never thought that learning about drugs could be interesting, but I have now decided that I find it fascinating to see how different drugs react.  I took an extra sheet home so that I can practice writing Launce's history (he's such a good husband to let me practice with him all the time - the best part is is that he enjoys it!)  It seems like there are a lot of things to write, but I'm sure after a while it will just come naturally.  I also learned how to properly fill out my own health history, so now I will be more effective when I go to the doctor too.  Ha ha.

Head Positioning

Today we worked on learning the different positions that we work in and the different ways to have to patient tilt their head in order for us to stay in the neutral working posture.  I found the book helpful, but it was hard to imagine where and how I should be sitting, but once I got into the clinic and could actually practice it felt almost second nature.  Megan gave us some very funny, helpful hints at where the patients head should be in relation to our body and what areas we are cleaning.  After she told us her hints I don't think I will be forgetting anytime soon.  Ha ha.  We used our mirrors and probes for the first time today as well.  I took my first x-rays in Radiology today too.  I was pretty proud of myself because they turned out pretty good.  I decided that taking x-rays is a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again.

I survived!

Well, I survived my first week of dental hygiene (at the beginning of the week I was not so sure I would, but by the end of the week I was loving it).  I have already learned a lot, but there is so much more to cram in for the next 2 years.  Today we started working on each other with the air/water syringes and suction!  I had no idea we'd be working on each other so soon.  I was kind of scared at first, but when Tanya and I were paired up I felt a little bit better about it.  We both have had the least experience, so we both felt ok with spraying each other in the face... which we did... a few times.  Ha ha.  I had a lot of fun learning how to do things and how to not do things.  We laughed most of the time we were practicing.  It was definitely a good experience.  I decided that when the BlueBoa stays where I want it to I like it, but when it will not stay in place it is one of my worst enemies.  The more and more that I am in clinic, in class, or doing hygiene homework, the more I realize how much I love it.  I was worried about being in the program, but I love it.  I would have regretted it if I had not done this program.  I have already made so many new friends and had a blast practicing.  Today has gone by so fast.  I hope I can remember everything!

Typodant Day

We actually got to start using the tools today!  I didn't realize that my third day of class we'd already be practicing with the instruments.  I got to practice on my fake mouth with the lips, which my husband thinks is really creepy.  I had a really fun time learning how to hold and use the tools.  However, it took me a little while to realize that my syringe was not in tight enough at first and I was dripping water down my leg and onto the floor.  Ha ha.  One I got the problem resolved I had a much better experience.  MeChel named her typodant and I'm thinking that I should do the same.  Giving it a name makes it seem more like a real person I guess and maybe I will try to treat it more like a real person than a big piece of plastic.  We also learned how to do charting (I had no idea there was so much information that was put into dental charts).  Our yellow "cheat sheets" make the charting process simple though.  Thankfully, the room is cooler today and I don't feel like I'm dying of heat in my lab coat.  I also passed off my Eaglesoft PE today, which I was not expecting to do.  I think being able to sleep on the information and destressing about the first day of school for a couple days helped.  Kim, the TA, that helped us today was so nice.  I'm glad she came to our pod.  She helped me feel more confident about what I was doing.  Today was a great day.

First Day of Dental Hygiene

I can't believe school has already started!  The summer went by way too fast.  Today is the first day of school, but being in clinic has not felt like the first day of school since we have been actively doing things instead of sitting in a classroom.  I think tomorrow will feel more like the first day of school.  I really enjoy being in the clinic because it makes me realize that I am finally in my program that I have worked so hard to get into.  We got to organize all of our (expensive) instruments into our own little areas, called pods.  We got to turn on the switches and practice using the equipment, which was fun.  Marian and MeChel were especially entertaining when Marian decided to practice on MeChel.  I love the other 3 girls in my pod.  I definitely think this semester will be a lot of fun with them.  We got to go on a scavenger hunt as well to learn where things are.  We learned a program called Eaglesoft today.  It is fairly simple and easy to use.  Learning to use the program will be the first subject we have to pass off.  In order to learn a little bit more about each other we did the usual sharing of the names, where we live, and who our family is.  Then our instructor decided that in order to get to know each other better we had to tell our first kiss story and an embarassing moment.  We all laughed.  It was so much fun.  I really like our instructors too.  I really think this semester is going to be a lot of fun!

First Blog Post!

This is officially my first ever blog post for dental hygiene.  The next two years should be full of stress, but also a lot of fun.  I will have a lot of fun updating my blog and seeing my progress.