Ever since I've started assisting, thursdays have turned from being absolutely boring to the highlight of the week! Its the day which I feel I am proactively doing something :D. Today was good for a number of reasons which I'll go into shortly. I woke up initially not really wanting to get out of bed because it was quite cloudy but surprisingly warm. I convinced myself to get up and I'm glad I did.
I got to the dental school ready to assist when lo and behold there are about 5 people free for the first hour so Dr Smith (mostly in her group) decides to give a couple of demonstrations instead of letting everyone just stand around. So the first thing she needs is a volunteer but she can't use a chair which is going to be used soon after so we go into the back room. I am picked as the volunteer and realise how important local anaesthetic is in dental treatment!
The first thing she did was demonstrate how to insert ginigval retraction cord because she has seen lots of people doing it wrong so she inserts it and it is quite uncomfortable but oh well, I survive. Next she shows how to do shade guides properly and she puts some composite on the tooth to demonstrate that you can show the patient what it will look like with a sort of roughly done composite veneer on the surface of the tooth -something you don't learn in preclinic. The was absolutely painless.
The lsat thing she did was demonstrate how to put on a rubber dam using a wingless clamp. That was quite painful because my second molar didn't have much of an undercut so she put it subginigvally...ouch. She also flossed so that the ligatures went subginigival...all the while I had a mirror so I could see what was causing my pain as well as feeling it. I did learn through that experience though :D
The second part of clinic was quite fun because I learnt how to position the suction better...even though the rubber dam kept making horrendous noises. The patient also complimented our teamwork (sonya and I) which is always nice!
After that I left because I had to go to lunch with Ben and Helen at Sunnybank. We firstly went to get a drink at a cafe. It was really nice! While we were in there we saw a mobile prosthetist van! Haha only dental students can derive fun from something like that!
We then went for ramen and it was as good as i remembered :D We couldn't have any dessert because we were running short on time but we were quite full anyway...i think i fell asleep on the bus, Luckily i got off where i needed to.
The last thing we I helped aunty susan work out how to use google for about 2 hours while she did some computer exercises, in that time i was helping i watched masterchef and glee! two shows I have been neglecting. It was the final episode for the season for glee and masterchef isn't as exciting as it is in alter episodes but nonetheless, it helps you build a rapport with the contestants so i suppose that is alright. The first person to beat a celebrity chef will become the favourite!!
So today was a good day and I'm going to end it on a high note :D good night!
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