I'm hoping bad that Tanya put that as her blog title today too! Ha ha it almost sounds dirty and is my new favorite dental hygiene quote, thanks to Professor Costley. :)
So today we learned how to use our explorers. I felt really prepared today because I got up early and read out of Neild, studied the PE's that I needed to pass off, was early to school, and made it to institute. What a productive morning! OH! And I remembered by SIDE SHIELDS for my glasses!! I looked cute, I won't lie. ;)
Doing the actual exploring is a bit... I mean a ton harder than reading about it!! It is a good thing that we had a little practice with our probes before exploring because it's way more complex. We were all really frustrated and overwhelmed just working on our typodonts and were scared to work on each other. I was especially nervous because I hurt Heather the whole time I probed her last week. Jamie was my partner for clinic today. Her and Jodie came to our clinic session to make up a missed one. Tanya and I loved the company in our pod today! We were complete for the first time ever! Anyways... so Jamie let me learn how to explore in her mouth. Yes, I did make her bleed and I did poke her lip a couple times, but she said there was no pain so that is ok right?? ha ha she was a good sport! We all struggle with keeping our stacks stacked, "getting up on our fulcrums", and indirect vision! Professor Costley held onto my hand while a probed a few of Jamie's teeth and that was so helpful! You really have to adapt to the tooth a whole lot more than I thought! It totally makes sense when you think about it though.
All in all, today was stressful but I felt like I did pretty well. I passed off two PE's too! Woo Woo!! I like it when it is a good day in clinic! Perfect to start off the week! I hope it's a good one! :)
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