Today was a make-up day in clinic for those of us who missed veteran's day at the VA. I'm not gonna lie it has been a nice break not going to the VA all month. Today I finished up one of my class three patients. It went pretty well. I missed a couple of spots, but overall I didn't do too bad. I just have to remember to turn my toe towards the tooth and really exaggerate it sometimes. I also need to make sure on the anteriors I'm coming all the way up through the contact. This afternoon I just had a 1b so super easy! Now it's time to get my game face on for my very last semester of school ever! Woot!

Today I worked on a class three patient and did pretty well. I didn't miss any spots and feel like i am getting better with my exploring and identifying what is and isn't calculus. I think my instrumenting skills are coming along quite nicely too so pat on the back for me! I can tell that I'm getting more confident and sure of myself in clinic. Everything doesn't seem so foreign anymore. I can also tell that I'm much more relaxed and comfortable. I used to tense up really bad during clinic and then when I'd go home for the day I'd have a shooting pain that ran from my neck all the way underneath my shoulder blade. I'd don't have that problem anymore so it must mean I'm doing something right for once! Yip yip! Welp the semester is almost over! I can't even believe that it went so fast! That's a good and bad thing! I'm so ready for school to be over, but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for boards yet! They are coming way too fast! Hopefully I'm ready by the time they get here! Dah!

Easy day! I had a 1a in the morning and passed off my velscope pe and then we had a lab in the afternoon. During the lab we talked about medical emergencies and what to do in specific situations. We also went over how to administer oraquix, desensitization, and subgingival irrigation. It was a good day and I learned a lot!

Today I cleaned the most adorable little chinese lady's teeth. She had quite a bit of bone loss, recession, and some furcation involvement, but not a lot of calculus so she ended up only being a class five. She had perio splints on her upper and lower with quite a bit of calculus build-up on the lower splint. A couple of the teeth were super mobile and she kept putting her fingers up to hold them in because she was really worried they would fall out haha it was pretty funny. Most of the time I had absolutely no idea what she was saying because of her accent. At least she spoke english. This afternoon I finished up a patient I started last week. She was pretty difficult because she had a lot of tenacious calculus, with deep narrow pockets. I am now officially exhausted and ready to go home!