Hickey?

If you would like a laugh, Google search hickey like I just did.  :)

I have plenty of hickey's in my mouth this morning.  MeChel was getting a little angry at Mr. High Vac today, to say the least.  The Prophy Jet is an experience to remember.  Two HUGE tubed things in your mouth?  Not so great.  Let alone the clinician working with both of them, can be frustrating.  Also, not pointing the tip towards the gum?  Again, very difficult.

Also, selective polishing is also more difficult that you would think.  Keeping the RPM's down?  Freak-oly.  And getting the flared cup just under the gum, also hard.

And if all of that wasn't enough, then you have to deal with Fluoride Varnish on your teeth.  Man Luann!

In spite of all these things, today was a fun relaxed day for the most part.

The dental screening PE is a lot like the Health History Pe, it creates MASS CONFUSION!  But it is over now.  Hip Hip Hooray for the weekend (to me, after Wednesday the week winds down and I am practically in the mental frame of "weekend"). 

Monday from Heaven

Today Jeanie Allen (Instructor Allen) was one of our Instructors, which was heavenly.

I got to work with MeChel, which was heavenly.

I was going to think of more things that were heavenly for my post.

Marcy taught me to eat soluble fiber when you feel sick to give your immune system a super big fist pump and viola, I have had oatmeal every day since Tuesday and it is heavenly.

Also, I am worried about Char and her baby and pray that they are doing well.  My prayers will hopefully make her life more heavenly.

And, last the best of all the game.  I passed my Intra-Oral Camera PE, which was honestly a gift from God. (heavenly).

To Do Today

Arrive. Clock in. Wash hands.  Dust.  Flush air/water syringe for 2 minutes.  Disinfect.  Place barriers.  Remember saliva ejector and air/water syringe.  Obtain sterile instruments.  Cover tray with pt. bib and clip.  On DESK have cup with Listerine, gauze, cotton rolls, laminated forms, pens, paper towels, pillow and glasses.  (Toothbrush stuff on tray).  On COUNTER: Sphygomanometer. (p.s. Mine has a hole in the tubing.) 

HHX: Explain rationale.  Review.  Take vitals.
HHxRx: Instructor Signature.
OD:
Extra: gloves, record findings.
(new gloves.)
Intra: gloves, gauze, probe out. record findings.
Dent: compare to previous. Bite classification. PROBE.
Perio: blue sheet. Gingival Statement.
Do Tx plan.  OD CHECK.  Have tx plan up on screen.
OHI: PFI: BFI:
Remember vaseline.  Disclose.  Count PFI.  Brush and floss.  Instruct pt, on what they need to work on.  Goals.
Instrumentation: Anterior. Posterior.

Release pt. Remove barriers.  Take instruments to be sterilized. Transfer info from laminated charts.  Finish tx record.  Status Rx. Instructor Signature.  Disinfect. Clean up.  Blog.  Clock out.  Go to lunch. etc.

Pass 4 PE's while you're at it.  :)

0% PFI

Today was the day.  The day that all my hard work would pay off.  And it pretty much did.  I think these photos speak for themselves.

TEETH AFTER HAVING NOT BRUSHED/FLOSSED for 5 days.

 

 

 AFTER DISCLOSING

 AFTER RINSING

Man I love this tongue pic.  FUNGIFORMS UNITE!

 AFTER TORI BRUSHED MY MAXILLARY TEETH.

Thanks Tori for putting in all that hard work today!

Early Riser - Experiment

Wednesday Morning

6:30am - Snooze my first alarm.

6:45am - Snooze my second alarm.

6:58am - Start thinking seriously about waking up.

7:04am - Realize I should be leaving in one minute.

7:05am - Curse the Hygiene Program for making me get up so freaking early.  Consider dropping out.

7:06am - Get up anyway and quickly get ready.

7:10am - Grab some breakfast and get in the car.

7:40am - Get to the Hygiene Clinic.

7:45am - See all my friends that I love.

7:50am - Bless the Hygiene Program, realize how thankful I am to be in it and for all the fun it is.



On Wednesday I took the challenge from Prof Costley to NOT brush my teeth until next Monday when we would be disclosing in clinic again.  It is now Saturday morning, and let me tell you that it has not been easy.  However, I have full support from my hubby (in the name of science!) and doggoneit if Morgan Spurlock can eat McD's for 30 days, I can not brush or floss for 5.  I did actually floss my lingual bar last night, so I am not perfect, I succumbed to temptation, but overall I am doing pretty well.  Bring on the ACQUIRED PELLICLE!

Purple People Eater

"It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater, sure looks strange to me."

 

I'm sure that is what Kristie was thinking when I opened after disclosing my plaque, for two reasons.

1) I had a lot of plaque on my teeth.
2) I was putting all my extra saliva, disclosing agent, plaque etc up on the facial surface of my maxillary anteriors (if you can imagine) and blowing bubbles with it.  Yes, I am immature at times.  I thought it was funny though.

Determining PFI is one of the hardest things I have learned, because it is so subjective.  Costley told me just to be consistent, as it is mainly something to compare effectiveness of brushing between visits.

Ode to Clark

For all my hygiene girls, here is the aftermath of the Friday I wore my brothers' neon green shirt.  He went to class.  Did not get extra-credit.  Then wrote this poem to express his emotions.  One of the reasons why I love him.

What's not to love?

905 South Main

Come one, come all!  To the dental hygiene clinic at my house.  Equipped with nice comfy chairs/couches and pillows to enjoy during treatment.  I keep patient fees low, by supplying the office with homemade masks (truly utilizing dental floss for all of it's many uses) and other cheap aseptic techniques (wrapping everything in paper towels and washing your hands).  

Don't mind Cam's bumbies.

My homemade mask, inspired by Clark's complaint about me breathing on him.

Patients LOVE it here!

Floss wrapped around the ear to secure the fit.

Close up of my genius.  Paper towel to office clip to floss to face.

"Livin' on a Prayer"

FYI - I ate cashews for breakfast on the way to school this morning so Stefanie would have PLENTY of crap to scale/scrape, and you better believe she did.  I'm not ashamed of having stuff on my teeth, that's just the way it is.  Passing off the Probing PE was great.  I am beginning to better understand the relationship of the instrument to the tooth and holy smokes the tooth is contoured, NOT like a box or square at all.  This blog post stinks to high heaven with boredom so I am just going to stop here. 

p.s. The songs in clinic are just great.  I know that adjective is extremely overused, but hey while we're using worn out boring adjectives, extreme goes right along with that.

"Hey Nonny Nonny"

Just thinking of "Mine Mine Mine" from the Disney animated version of Pocahontas cracks me up.  Lyrics here, for a good laugh.

The pertinent phrase from the song is here, "Dig and dig and dig and diggety ..., etc." Today we actually started scaling, which went better than I thought it would.  It was a good day.  I'm not sure what else I can say about it.  Except I am not looking forward to probing an ENTIRE QUAD and have measurements checked next time.  Sorry Chris, here I come to practice!

On a better note (since I know all my readers are concerned), I did figure out my contact situation and am seeing 20/20 today.  Chris had taken my contacts to their case for me once and he mixed them up.  Honest mistake, what does he know about contacts?  Nothing.

Peace out home dogs.