What the what! This is a day I never thought would come! Last day of clinic ever and it feels too good! I had an easy cheesy lemon squeezy 1B patient this morning. It amazes how long I used to take on easy patients like that and how much I scraped away at their poor teeth haha whoops! It was all for a good cause I suppose. I can't believe it has finally come to the end and that I'm done with everything. I never thought I would make it through and now here I am getting ready to graduate in one week. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I've learned so much these past two years and have improved so unbelievably much. I feel so lucky to have been given the opportunity to be in the program and meet slash work with so many wonderful people. I will never forget the good times I had at Weber State.

I love children...but please bless that I don't end up working in a pediatric office someday. Pretty sure I cleaned the spawn of Satan this morning. She wouldn't be quiet and was saying the craziest, most off the wall things. She had to touch absolutely everything and was not cooperating at all. At least it gave me experience and fulfilled some more requirements right? I guess I will have to get used to dealing with patients like that in the real world so it was probably good for me. Haha anyways I was thrilled to be done with the morning. In the afternoon I finished up my board patient...and yes her calculus was still as ridiculous as ever. I had to take my jackhammer to it. I actually had professor perry check the quad that i cleaned for boards and lets just say that hopefully things are looking up. I still can't believe we haven't gotten our results yet though. It's absolutely killing me. I've passed all of my other boards though so hopefully that is a good sign. I'm so excited to finally be done with school.

Today was my last day at the VA. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to come and volunteer here. It's been a wonderful experience and I've been able to meet and work with so many good people. It's has been fun to hear all of the veteran's stories. I really do feel like i've made a difference these past two years in the dental hygiene program. I can see that my communication skills have improved so much and I'm a lot more comfortable with patients and educating them on their oral health. I have become a lot more personable with people in general. I'm so grateful for all of the skills I've acquired while being in the dental hygiene program. They will help me not only in practice, but in everyday life as well.

This was my last clinic day before boards so hopefully i'm as good as i'm gonna get for the time being. I feel pretty comfortable with my instrumenting skills and effectively removing calculus. I only had class fives today though so that didn't give me much more practice for boards. I have an extremely hard patient, but I'm confident that I will somehow pull it off. I can't believe that they are already here. It's amazing to see how much I have learned and improved on over the past two years. I'm excited to get out into the real world and see what I can do with all the things i've learned.

Today was the dreaded LA mockboard. I was actually a lot more calm than I thought I would be. Overall, it went pretty well. I just needed to adjust one of my angles on the PSA a little bit but that was pretty much it. I've given quite a few injections so I'm feeling pretty good about the real thing. No more time to practice so all I can do at this point is cross my fingers and say lots and lots of prayers! I can't believe boards are already here! So completely beyond crazy! I can't even wait for them to be over! This afternoon patient my board patient came so that I could get a pano on her, clean a quad, and take one last look and the area that I'm going to clean. I sure hope she qualifies. Her calculus was a bugger to get off when I used her for one of my mockboards so I'm hoping that I've gotten a little better as a clinician. I'm glad I know how hard her calculus is though or I would be screwed. Please bless that the highlighter is nice to me!

My patient for the morning cancelled, but luckily KaDee scheduled a patient that she forgot about so she had an extra one for me. My patient ended up just being a class V so super easy. It's amazing to me how much faster cleanings go when you know how to use your explorer and can feel if calculus is there or not. It just boggles my mind that last year we were all spending two hours on 1Bs because we had no idea what calculus felt like and were basically just scraping away at nothing but tooth haha our poor friends and family! This afternoon I finished up my mockboard patient and also saw her fifteen year old son in the same appointment. Again, things went so much faster now that I know how to feel for calculus! Such a good feeling!

Last mockboards....and i passed! I have officially passed all of the mockboards..some were a little closer to the 75 mark than others, but alas I still would've gotten licensed if it were the real thing. I think the main thing I need to focus on is tissue trauma. Once the patient is numb and i get going i just get so focused on getting everything off that i forget to adapty as well. I have to remember that, since tissue trauma can knock off a lot of points. Other than that i think i'm golden! I just have to stay confident and focused. I can't believe board season is already here. I've already taken two of my boards and the last three are in about a month. Gah! Sure hope i'm ready!