Breakfast: eggs, Dutch cheese, toast with peanut butter and jelly
Clinic: I saw about 5 patients in the morning. My first patient was Molly. It made me happy because she was told to choose someone and she chose me. I also finally had my first calculus patient! After that I had many. She only had 8 teeth, but they had crazy calculus. She had at least 6 mm of recession and deep probing depths. She bled a lot. She had a ton of sub and supra gingival calculus, and I feel like I improved so much throughout the appointment and throughout the day. Originally I would slip a lot and didn't have as much control, but by the end of the day, I had much more control and I had more strength and smarts to remove it.
Lunch: chow mein, fried eggplant, and fruit (watermelon and pineapple)
Clinic: I had about 3 more patients. I really enjoy talking to my patients while I'm working. I also like the feeling when I'm done and they thank me. I feel like I worked hard and accomplished a lot. Almost the rest of our lost luggage came in today! So we were able to hook up the suctions instead of using large canteens for dirty water storage. Before we wouldn't be able to use the ultrasonic for very long because the mini vacuum would overheat. Once the suction was hooked up, it wouldn't overheat, so I was able to use the ultrasonic for a long time. I liked practicing with handscaling, but it was nice to give myself a rest.
Ashley and I wore matching braids with matching headbands today. By the end of the day, they looked terrible because of the humidity. We took out our braids and our hair was absolutely crazy.
Leave the clinic: 10:30 pm and we still had to drive home, eat dinner, have a group meeting, watch a NOOMA video, and shower. At least I don't have a headache tonight.
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