Second Year Dental Hygiene Exchange

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Welcome to Second Year!

Congratulations for making it to second year! Welcome to your Blog spot. This is where we will communicate, exchange ideas and be supportive to one another. Please be professional with your posts.

I look forward to working with all of you this year and I'm very impressed with what I have already seen.

Please visit the link I have provided: www.amyrdh.com. It has a lot of interesting things for second year students including board review and career information!

You may also blog to your little sisters & brother at www.ccccdh.blogspot.com.

Let's have a great year!

Mrs. Moss

posted by Mrs. Moss at 1:41 PM

107 Comments:

  • Here is the website for the loupes I was talking about in class the other day.

    http://perioptix.com/index.html

    The Hogies are what I like. There is a short video that is pretty informative about the benefits of these vs other loupes.

    The least expensive pair, with a 2.5X magnification, is $695.00.

    -Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:08 PM  

  • Testing....to see if this works

    Felicia

    By Anonymous Felicia, at 10:32 PM  

  • I also wanted to let you all know that when I confirmed my patient for tomorrow, she had no idea that it would take more than one appointment. She was under the impression that we would finish tomorrow, so I guess they are not informed at the time they make the appointment that they will need to come back. Either we need to inform our patients of this or make sure whoever is making the appointments does--has anyone else run into this problem?

    -Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:43 PM  

  • I had that problem with my patient last Thurs. She did not know that it would take more than one appointment. She said that she was told that she would only be about 1 1/2 hours.

    I wonder if these people are just saying that or if someone is actually telling them this. I don't think that anyone at the front office would say that, but who knows.

    -Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:06 PM  

  • Thanks Anne for the info! My patient last week was under the same impression...that it would only take one appointment. We need to let Mrs. Moss or Jean know about this because that is frustrating for our patients and for us because there is always that possibility that our patients might not come back, which can really hurt us this semester.

    By Blogger Robbi, at 1:47 PM  

  • One more thing...I wanted to let everyone know how great the Children's Medical Center rotation was yesterday. Lynette and I learned so much by watching Ester and Nancy (the hygienists) work with the children. For example, if the child was not cooperating they would say "let me count your teeth" for the initial exam and for fluoride they would tell them that it was "yummy vitamins". Also, while doing RC polishing they would use the suction to retract the cheek. It was a great learning experience and everyone there was so welcoming!

    By Blogger Robbi, at 1:56 PM  

  • hey anne..is that fancy way to spell loops or am i just waaay behind the times??? :) jk

    I wanted to say how much I've enjoyed rotation at the VA hospital. Linda the hygienist there is soooo nice and helpful. If anyone is concerned about going to the VA, RELAX!!! Its a great experience and you'll thoroughly enjoy it!!

    By Anonymous Jessica, at 5:53 PM  

  • I had a patient that thought she was going to be able to get a filling today. She ended up staying and I think she will come back so thats good. I went to COHC so I have no new info for yall but I did have a great day in clinic!

    By Blogger Kendra, at 7:02 PM  

  • Jessica-

    I think that it's a good thing you moved to Texas!! I'm not sure if the language taught in Arkansas has done you justice :)

    You can always check out Merriam-Webster online--it also allows you to hear the proper pronunciation ;)


    Main Entry: loupe
    Pronunciation: 'lüp
    Function: noun
    Etymology: French
    : a small magnifier used especially by jewelers and watchmakers


    Main Entry: 2loop
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English loupe, of unknown origin
    1 a : a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked b : such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament
    2 a : something shaped like a loop b : a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane
    3 : a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch
    4 : a closed electric circuit
    5 : a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously
    6 : a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached
    7 : a sports league
    8 : a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making (out of the policy loop)
    - for a loop : into a state of amazement, confusion, or distress

    Main Entry: 1loop
    Pronunciation: 'lüp
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle English loupe; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer
    archaic : LOOPHOLE 1a


    (ps--you, Kendra, and Matt were correct with "Pianist", but so was Steve and I)

    -Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:19 PM  

  • WOW....top 5%!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:22 PM  

  • Hello my sweet hygiene friends. Hope you are all having a good weekend. Does anyone else feel like they are missing some small details here and there? No matter how much I organinze there is one more thing I forgot to write down. YIKES!! I may need some extra help from you all!!

    Kelly

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:14 PM  

  • Helen said:
    I used word "loop" in my clinical log, I bet Mrs. Moss might change it to Loupe.
    I also had a return patient who thought he would have teeth cleaned in one appointment, he told me that the student who just graduated told him that all he need would be just teeth cleaning when he comes back in three month, he had impression that there would be no paperwork.
    Not only we need to tell our patients that there will be more than one appointment, but also we might need to tell them there will be a lot of paperwork.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:51 PM  

  • anne-
    You make me laugh!! thanks i needed that!! i also think it was a good thing i moved to Texas because where else could I have met such wonderful hygiene students and instructors!! :)

    Jessica

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:13 PM  

  • Hi everyone! Well, I'm sure everyone already knows this, but if you were wondering.......... the National Board Exam is Tuesday, March 28 and the deadline for the application is Monday, Feb. 13. I am still waiting for the date of the WREB, but I will let you know.

    By Blogger Robbi, at 12:56 PM  

  • If anyone has new patients coming in and you have already done your competencies please let me know. I am really struggling with getting new patients in and haven't been able to complete any of my competencies. I would really appreciate any help with this and if I can help any of you with anything please let me know. Thanks so much!
    -Robbi

    By Blogger Robbi, at 1:01 PM  

  • How do ya'll find the time to post on here, I barely have the time to check my email. Robbi, thanks for the info on the national board exam, it's highly possible that I'm the only one that didn't already know. I hope everyone is studying hard for Dr. Abraham's test. Have fun, see you girls later :). BTW, I got my wedding dress this weekend!!!

    By Blogger Katie, at 6:49 PM  

  • Hey 2nd year!
    I found this really neat web site over the weekend & thought it would be very helpful to you for critiquing your x-rays & to impress Dr. Dryer!! I will email the info as well :-)
    http://www1.umn.edu/dental/courses/orad_anatomy/index.htm

    By Blogger Marianne Dryer, RDH, at 7:25 PM  

  • i used the q-tip trick at kiwanis yesterday to help with lining up the radiology cone. it worked pretty well. thanks Mrs Deaver for the suggestion. if anyone doesn't know what im talking about ask me. ill be glad to explain.
    Debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:44 AM  

  • not that you'll read this for a while KATIE, but you knew about the test before me, because I didn't know about it until today 9/21!! AND i'm so glad you got your wedding dress.

    jessica

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:45 PM  

  • I didn't know the board exam date either.....I'm so glad my wonderful friends decided to share this information with me. That was sarcasm by the way. Anne-you have WAY too much time on your hands. If anyone ever has a question about anything just ask Anne and she will apparently look it up for you! I'm glad Matt and I were right about pianist by the way!

    -Kendra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:01 PM  

  • Hey everyone....just a quick reminder...we are going to have our test in Mrs. Fletcher's class on Wednesday the 28th. She is going to lecture on the remaining material and then test us over it. She said not to worry though b/c she will help us by highlighting the "important" information! Good lucks studying this weekend ladies!

    By Blogger amy, at 9:25 AM  

  • Just trying to figure this blog thing out. It seems that I just run out of time with everything! I also feel that way about clinic and the competencies! Time is running out and the patients just aren't there.

    By Blogger Lynette, at 5:50 AM  

  • I can't believe that we have made it through 5 weeks!! I sure feel like I have learned a lot and picked up some speed. I look forward to getting even faster.
    kelly

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:24 PM  

  • Have wanted to send a message and kept forgeting to. In regards to confirming patients, Gene has told me several times that she tells all patients how many visits it can take and that it seems many just don't see how it could take that long.
    Also, when screeening patients, Mrs. Dryer let me know that all she needed was a mirror, explorer, and probe from the clinic. No need to use my own instruments. You all probably knew that but I didn't and had to figure it out. Just FYI.

    -Karli

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:35 PM  

  • YOU ALL ROCK!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:38 PM  

  • Found another Case Patient from screening today. Yeah! Guess we will draw tomorrow.
    I need to take time and try using the loups. Who likes them? I need to try them to see if I like them or not.

    -Karli

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:42 PM  

  • Hello everyone,

    I have a patient that would like to come in at the same time with her husband. He is a 3B and granted this only applies to the other 7 in my group, but if anyone is interested please let me know ASAP.

    Thanks,
    Liz

    By Blogger lizzypoo, at 10:24 AM  

  • Did everyone enjoy the test in clinic today?

    Liz

    By Blogger lizzypoo, at 10:25 AM  

  • Hi guys,
    I tried the loupes once, but they gave me a headache. They say that we need to try them a couple of times to see if we like them and to not go by our first impression, but I don't know if I can do it again.
    Hope you are feeling better Mrs. Moss...

    Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:46 AM  

  • Hello everyone!
    It looks as if everyone is blogging tonight, could it be that it's the last day of the month? I agree with Kelly this semester is passing by so quickly. Just a few more months and we are out for Christmas. I'm Still worried about finishing all the competencies before the end of Nov. What will happen if we don't have all the patients? I guess I'll find out when the time comes, till then see you next week. Have a great weekend!
    lynette

    By Blogger Lynette, at 6:15 PM  

  • Helen said...
    Hey everyone. One suggestion to you when you confirm your patients, be sure to tell them that it is very important for them to call you ahead of time if they have to cancell their appointments. Some patients simply do not show up, and it cause frustration to us.
    It is great that we don't have any test next week.
    Have a great weekend.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:19 PM  

  • in our clinic manual...all 14-17 year olds get psr...for the others of you who may not have known. 18 is the magic year for complete probing without psr.
    kelly

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:02 PM  

  • i sure wish I would have known about that adolescent psr thing for the test last Friday. I just didn't think we needed to probe the full mouth of a teen unless they had a few bad readings in the back. As usual, i learn something new when I get it wrong... im glad we don't have any tests this week too.
    Debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:32 AM  

  • Testing.

    By Blogger Felicia, at 8:44 PM  

  • Thanks for the birthday song Group 1

    Felicia

    By Blogger Felicia, at 8:50 PM  

  • I spent over an hour trying to use this blog. Needless to say, I am not very pleased with blogging. Has anyone had as much trouble as I have getting on?

    Felicia

    By Blogger Felicia, at 8:51 PM  

  • So far I have not had any trouble blogging, Felicia. Maybe you were just having a bad night. I am so glad we don't have any tests this week! Whoooohoooo! I can watch my shows and actually get to bed at a decent hour. This is after finishing my reading, of course!:) I think we are fixing to have a couple of busy test weeks coming up so we better enjoy this week!

    -Kendra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:36 PM  

  • I just wanted to blog and let everyone know that our spanish skills will come in handy when you go to the Garland community clinic. Get use to saying " abre la boca muy grande"!

    By Blogger amy, at 7:25 AM  

  • quick reminder...Clinic logs are due tomorrow (Friday the 7th).

    Wooohooo I finished two patients today.

    Felicia

    By Blogger Felicia, at 4:15 PM  

  • Yeah!!!!! Go Felicia!!!
    I did too, but they were both pedo's.

    -Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:57 PM  

  • OMG... is everyone else on information overload. At least we have 1 test down this week. Bad thing is that we still have 2 more to go...UGH!!!

    Happy studying!
    Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:09 AM  

  • HEY EVERYONE!!! JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS!!! AS OF FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEMESTER!! EIGHT WEEKS DOWN AND EIGHT TO GO(NOT COUNTING FINALS WEEK)!!! YEAH!!!

    JESSICA

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:54 PM  

  • When I look at these entries, I do not see the date. Maybe we should put a date ourselves.

    Felicia
    10/21

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:46 PM  

  • Good idea Felicia. I have no idea when some of this was written. I am soooo glad this week is over! Here it is Friday night and I am blogging about school! How exciting!:) That was sarcasm by the way.

    Kendra
    10/21

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:23 PM  

  • I only finished 2 adult patients and a pedo. I worry about that I can not meet the requirement. I need to speed up.
    Helen

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:41 AM  

  • Don't worry Helen...I'm sure you will figure everything out this week when you meet with your advisor. We are all feeling a little worried about completing all of the requirements, but hopefully the instructors will work with us. I know that I am concerned with the radiograph requirements because my first three patients didn't need any. We all have are concerns, so try not to stress about it.
    ROBBI
    10/23/05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:04 PM  

  • Hi, girls
    I too, feel very overwhelmed with what I have left to do. Many of my patiens did not need radiographs. Isn't it unethical to take them more than once a year? I keep finding new beach scenes to put on my wallpaper. This is my coping mechanism. It is not really relieving my anixety.
    Kelly

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:56 PM  

  • Hello Ladies,

    Is this weather great or what??!!! It would be nice if it would've been a more gradual change, but I do love the cold weather. If only the birds would move out of my fireplace so I could have a fire :). I guess that's all I have to say, oh ditto on all the stress and worries and all that, I just didn't see the need to repeat it. Have a great remainder of the weekend. (The 6 1/2 hours remaining that is.)

    Katie
    10/23/05

    By Blogger Katie, at 4:40 PM  

  • I have also not been able to take x-rays on all my patients. That is definitely making it hard to get all my requirements done too... OH, and about this weather. I hate it. That is why I left NY many years ago. It is way tooooooo cold. BBBRRRRR!!!!!!!

    Nicole
    10.24.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:53 PM  

  • Hey everyone..
    back to reality..monday mornings! as katie said ditto on all the stress, anxiety, worries. I just want Thanksgiving break to hurry and get here. guess i'll put an extra blanket on my bed, and go to bed!! i like the weather too if anyone cares!!! :)

    Jessica
    10/23

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:00 PM  

  • Hope you all had a great weekend. Wow do they fly by fast. I feel it takes me a while to relax from the week and then when I am finally relaxed its Sunday night again and Monday is on its way. Now it is 21minutes to Monday and I need to go to bed. I know what you all mean about the anxiety and stress. It seems we all have our own things to worry about. For anyone in my group, I still need a Medical Competency(I don't know if I will start a new patient again), so if you start a new patient that has at least 3 meds, let me know...Big Thanks ahead of time!!! Everyone have a great Monday and Tuesday and see you Wednesday!
    10/23

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:43 PM  

  • I'm tired, forgot my name...the last blog was from me, just so you know who it is that needs Medical Competency help!
    Also:
    I keep forgeting that we have to do a Nutritional Analysis on a patient this semester. Do we have to turn it in completed this semester, or does it go along with our Case patient report?
    -Karli
    10/23

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:46 PM  

  • Dont forget everyone that if you have a patient that is a class III or above you have to put them on a reeval. I didnt realize we were doing that for everyone I thought it was for our case patient. So, on your treatment plan make sure you designate time for a reeval.

    By Blogger amy, at 6:15 AM  

  • Hi guys, tahnks for the reminder to do this, I keep forgetting. I finally am starting my case patient tomorrow. Im so glad. that means tons of competencies. wish me luck. (or is that skills?) LOL
    10-24-05
    Debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:27 AM  

  • I am also in need of a medical competency, but have no new patients that are medically compromised... so anyone in my group, if you end up having a new patient that is medically compromised and you have already done your med comp, PLEASE let me know. I don't think that I will have time to add another patient in to my schedule to do med comp on.
    On another note: I finished a 4c patient in only 2 appointments. Yeah, go me!!
    See you all on Friday.
    -Nicole -10.26.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:45 PM  

  • Way to go Nicole! I just wanted to let everyone know that along with the thick handout covering full-mouth disinfection and chemotherapuetics....the handouts on debridement and chisel,hoe,etc are also on the test.
    I just wanted to make sure everyone knew. Good luck with studying and I hope everyone has a wonderful day tomorrow!
    Robbi
    10/26

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:33 PM  

  • Well...you can tell that I need to go to bed. I meant chemotherapeutics...you would think with my journalism degree I would know how to spell!
    -Robbi

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:37 PM  

  • Howdy all,
    I just wanted to thank everyone for their concern and support and general well wishes during the last couple of weeks. It has been a crazy time. I hope none of you ever have to go through anything like it!
    Lynette

    By Blogger Lynette, at 12:23 PM  

  • I did a stupid thing this Thursday. I spent one and an half hour cleaning the same two quads. that I finished a month ago on my patient until she reminded me, and I only had 45 minutes left for another two quads. I am so glad I finished the other two quads in 45 minutes. However, you can imagine how embarrassing I was! How rush I was! How fast my heart beat! I have to finish the patient in the appointment because I don't have an additional appointment for her. Otherwise, I would not be able to finish all my patients in this semester. Big thanks to Melinda, Anne and Liz who cleaned my cubic for me.

    Helen
    10/29

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:45 PM  

  • Hey Robbi,

    That's great about the funding, it makes my job a lot easier, not that I have done much anyways. Way to go Robbi.

    Liz

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:14 PM  

  • This one is to Anne,

    I still haven't forgotten that I owe you some whitestrips. Sorry it's taken so long.

    Liz

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:15 PM  

  • Liz,

    I keep forgetting about the whitestips as well!! Just sometime before we graduate would be nice :)

    Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:08 PM  

  • Helen

    You are welcome, we love cleaning your room!! Good job on finishing you patient--and I think we all have those time with our patients where we feel really sill and emabarassed! Just tell her that she was getting a very thorough cleaning and that you needed to check her progress of healing :)

    Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:10 PM  

  • Robbi

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:10 PM  

  • A GREAT BIG Happy Birthday to you Robbi!!!!

    Today one of my fun patient's at the Garland clinic bit my finger, and he was determined not to let go. It still kind of hurts too. Anyway, I have big plans to finish my case patient tomorrow so if anyone gets this tonight, keep me in your thoughts.

    Don't eat too much candy at once tonight, save at least a couple of pieces for tomorrow. Oh and if anyone is into NASCAR I have some tickets I need to sell for this weekend's race, since my lovely fiance will be unable to take me even though we bought the tickets in July.

    Katie
    10/31/05

    By Blogger Katie, at 8:59 PM  

  • Hello everyone...I am so tired. I just want to go to sleep. Clinic wears my butt out.
    How many days are left this semester? I really need some encouragement. I've lost sight of the final goal.

    Felicia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:46 PM  

  • Well Felicia,
    If I counted right we have 25 more days of class, clinic and rotation. That is of course does not include the weekends or the time that we will have off at Thanksgiving. That does not sound too bad, only 25 more days. Wow, how the time does fly.
    Well, I hope that this helps you to feel better Felicia.
    See you all tomorrow,
    Nicole 11.1.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:16 PM  

  • Hi girls,
    Hope everyone is doing well and not too overstressed. I can't believe we only have about four weeks left. Now I want it to slow down so I can finifsh all my paitents!
    Kelly

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:27 PM  

  • Hey Felicia,
    I know the clinic and the tests stressed us out. We all have the same feeling, you are not alone. The good part is that this semester is almost over, and you are doing great!

    Helen
    11/5

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:30 PM  

  • Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to encourage everyone and let you all know what a great job you are all doing! I could not be more blessed than to be in a class with all of you . I know i dont tell you that enough but I mean it! We are almost done! Let's keep our eye on the goal and finish strong!! I am praying for each one of you....Lord knows we need it!!!! Keep up the good work !!!

    By Blogger amy, at 2:51 PM  

  • We have six weeks left!!!!! Including Thanksgiving and finals.
    Yeah.
    Kelly
    10.6.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:53 PM  

  • hi girls,
    I hope everyone is hanging in there, like I am. by my very short fingernails. LOL We can definately do this thing. Im off to study for perio on Wed. make sure you remember to blog, I keep forgetting.
    debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:15 PM  

  • I am starting to get worried... I have not even started on my case patient. She keeps canceling on me. Besides her I only have one more patient to finish (which I will get done at her next visit). That is kinda exciting. I can not believe it. I just hope that my case patient will come in.... otherwise I don't know what I will do. UGH!!!!!
    Nicole 11/7

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:53 PM  

  • If anyone has anybody that needs xrays, please let me know...I've only done my FMX's. I really don't know how I am going to finish.

    Felicia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:23 PM  

  • girl,
    we all need to have a little faith. We will get through this and we will all finish. i know it seems hard right now, but we will figure it all out. I am missing some of my x-rays too. We'll just have to bring in people for x-rays. "buck up little campers."

    Debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:11 PM  

  • Hey guys,
    Can you believe that next week is Thanksgiving. This semester has just flown by... We are almost done. That is exciting and scary all at the same time. Exciting because in a couple of months we will be graduating, but scary because we have so much to do before that can happen....
    Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:16 PM  

  • here's to everyone having a great Thanksgiving.

    Felicia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:49 PM  

  • Wow. 4 weeks left including thanksgiving and finals. I cannot believe we are almost done with our 3rd semester. Everyone has done a great job and we should all be proud of our hard work. I am a bit stressed with all that needs to be done in the next 4 weeks. Hope everyone has a wonderfull time on their days off. I plan on getting as much rest as I can. See you all later!!!
    -Karli 11/20

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:16 AM  

  • Congrats Karli!!!

    Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:19 AM  

  • Hey guys,
    Helen and I had a great day at the Garland clinic. I'm looking forward to getting my competencies done tomorrow. That will give me much to be thankful for!!!!
    Debbie

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:19 PM  

  • Hope everyone's had a good break. It's time to hit the books again.
    Felicia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:33 AM  

  • Hope everyones break was good. I missed you all! Yea for only three more weeks!!!!!

    By Blogger amy, at 5:10 PM  

  • Hey everyone!!
    I hope you all enjoyed your time off as much as I did. I did absolutely nothing pertaining to school until today (Sunday)!!! I can't believe we only have 2 weeks left and finals left!!! It's kinda getting scarey!!

    Jessica

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:36 PM  

  • Katie i just read your Blog about the kiddo biting your finger!! that is soooo funny!! probably not to you then, but it made me smile!!! Also Congrats to Karli... hope everything went well with the DR's visit!! :)


    Jessica
    11/28

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:38 PM  

  • Hello ladies! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! If any of you are interested in the delegate positions, please email me or drop a note in my box. I will email out more details this week.Have a great week...the count down is on!!!!
    Robbi
    11/28/05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:23 PM  

  • Just curious...is anyone else taking the lovely Jurisprudence exam on Thursday, Dec. 15??? If so, are you studying the entire packet or just relying on what our final is going to cover?
    Robbi
    11/28/05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:29 PM  

  • Hello everyone,
    I can't believe only a couple of weeks left. So much to do and so little time! I'm Still going to be short on my bitewings does anybody know anybody that needs them? I can't wait to see everybody on Wednesday!! I miss the other half of the class It seems like eons!
    Lyn

    By Blogger Lynette, at 6:52 PM  

  • I hope everyone had a great break. Now we just have to focus hard on school for a couple of weeks! I can't believe how fast it is going! Congrats to Karli- that is sooo exciting!

    Kendra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:01 PM  

  • By the way- has anyone been taking the practice board exams online? Is anyone as frustrated as I am? I really need a review. I feel like I have forgotten a lot of information!!!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:03 PM  

  • That was from me by the way.

    Kendra

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:03 PM  

  • Kendra you are so funny...Anybody know where Karli was today? Is she ok? Congrats Karli!!!

    Felicia

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:10 PM  

  • My husband said I should blog about the evils of sugars stuck between two molars. I don't know it sounds a little sticky to me. Ha! Ha! Well, It's almost December and only a couple of weeks left. I know that some how we will all make it. It's a crazy time and just a wee bit hectic with the holiday's creeping up as well. I hope that everyone finds time to study and finish papers. We can do it, after all we are top 5%. I'll just leave it at that:)

    By Blogger Lynette, at 7:34 PM  

  • The other day I was at Plano on Rotation and I had a 6 year old kiddo in my chair. I told him that he needed to brush his teeth better so he wouldn't need to get another filling. He asked, "what is a filling", I said, "they are like those silver things in your back teeth". He said, " silver teeth would be tight". It was so funny to see that little guy say that. It told him that white teeth were better--I hope he believed me.

    anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:46 PM  

  • Also, I know that is the end of the semester, but remember that we are seperating the instruments into our different groups. My group is on the right, and the other is on the left--it should make it easier for all to find their instruments. Also, I found that a set of my instruments got wrapped and labeled with a first year student's name--and my name is on the cassette--so be careful!!

    Anne

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:48 PM  

  • Tomorrow, I finish my last required patient-- may case patient. Wish me luck--I hope he shows up!!

    Anne

    ps- I was at the VA today and I got to observe a cancer facial recontouring in the oral surgery dept--I had to get a chair because I felt faint--I think I scared the resident Dr.'s :)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:51 PM  

  • correction:

    "may case patient" should be "my case patient"

    80

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:52 PM  

  • I know that everyone has said this... but I can not believe that this semester is almost over. Only a couple of weeks left with LOTS of stuff to do. I always seem to wait to the last minute to do anything, so I still have lots of papers to do and of course LOTS of studying to do. I have not been going over the study material online for boards at all and I started to look at some the other day and realized that there is a lot of information that I need to refresh my memory on. I know that we will all do well (TOP 5%), but it will take a lot of time and effort.
    Enough for now... Good luck finishing your case patient tomorrow Anne. I finally finished mine on Tuesday. It was definitely a huge relief. As for everyone else... hope you have a great day in clinic or on rotation and see you all on Friday.

    Nicole 11.30

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:01 PM  

  • WOW that was long... sorry guys. HEHE

    Nicole

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:02 PM  

  • Hey guys are my messages coming across?

    Liz

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:29 AM  

  • Oh my... only one week of school left for this semester. I can not believe how fast this semester has gone.
    Hope everyone had a great weekend. See you all tomorrow for pictures.
    Nicole
    12.4

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:25 PM  

  • Some people talked about the study material online for board. What is that? Is it for Jurisprudent test or for National Board Exam? What is the website?
    Helen
    12/8

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:12 AM  

  • Only one day left of class and then finals. Yea! By the way my last two comments did not come across for some reason.

    Liz

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:08 AM  

  • Hey guys,
    I don't know about you, but I am glad that we were able to stay home today and get some studying done. With a test tomorrow and finals next week I really needed it. Hope everyone had a good day off and studying.
    See you all tomorrow!
    Nicole
    12.8

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:37 PM  

  • Hey guys,
    Classes are officially done for this semester. Now all we have to do is make it through finals next week. I can not believe it.
    Hope everyone has a good weekend studying.
    See you all next week,
    Nicole
    12.9.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:23 PM  

  • I had some people ask what was going to be on the Clinic final. These are the handouts I wrote down...
    Pain and Anxiety
    Nitrous Oxide/anesthesia
    Medical emergencies
    ASA guidelines
    Tobacco Cessation

    I hope this helps! Good luck studying!
    Robbi
    12/11/05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:42 AM  

  • Do you think most of the perio final will be straight from the multiple choice questions in the review book...or will they be more in depth where we have to know all of the details the review book covers? There is just sooo much! Can you tell I'm a little stressed? I really can't wait for finals to be over with!!!
    Robbi

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3:21 PM  

  • I don't know about you guys, but I am starting to get studied out... All I have done all weekend is study. I don't know how I am going to get through the next few days. It is starting to give me a headache. My brain HURTS!!!!!
    I hope everyone had a good weekend otherwise.
    GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE ON THEIR FINALS!!!

    Nicole 12.11.05

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:48 PM  

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