I DID MY CLINICAL BOARD EXAMS TODAY!!!

                                            Hey guys! Just a quick update here!
I did my exam 1 of 3 today! Patient never had a cleaning all his life! he had lots of calculus. One of tooth selected was rejected due to its apice not being visible on the printed radiographs! I was however given a chance to choose another tooth! Cant wait to know the results!

Next Saturday the 11th of June 2018 Will be sitting for my computer simulated clinical also known as the regional Board exam. I cant wait to be done with the program. 21 months of non stop tests and quizzes!
For other candiates out there good luck and please print or take real good radiographs. I will write a more comprehensive post on my experience today later! 👊

BOARD EXAMS BOOKED!

Hey guys! Just a quick update.
My clinical Board exams have been booked for 1st June 2018. That is exactly a month from today. The regional boards which is the Computer Clinical exam have been set for 9th of June which is the weekend following the clinical board. I have2 patients for clinical board exams and looking forward to have either of them. This week I will bring in the guy for teeth selection. He has not had a cleaning for a long time and same as the other patient both qualified. Girl smokes the guy doesn't. I have heard some people say it makes a difference if one is a smoker or not. Either way I think both qualify and will be screening them this week and next week for teeth selection.

For now I'm trying to get my other requirements finished. I still need to take a couple of radiographs and do some sealants as well. I have some diagnodents to do too. I have been thinking of scheduling for my National Boards sometimes in early July and if all goes well get a well needed vacation. I also will be volunteering at Missions Of Mercy PA in Reading PA from 17th of May to June 19th. I'm still trying to see if I can Get in some reading done will up there. Its like 5 hrs drive from Erie. I enjoyed participating in the other one so much that I can't wait to get to this one too and learn and also help.

Probably by the time of next posting I will have finished my exams and I will be posting some GOOD news!! Keep me in your prayers and thoughts!!

Almost Done with Dental Hygiene School!!

First post of 2018!
Things have been moving so fast that I barely had time to post a blog post. First Semester of 2018 ends tomorrow (Monday 2/12/18). This was officially one of the hardest semesters we had in DH school so far. Dental pharmacology 2, Dental local Anesthesia 2, Periodontics 3 and dental seminar 4 while still seeing patients in clinic was really tasking. Good thing is that we at least have finished that and we will soon be  officially able to administer local anesthesia to our patients in the clinic.

Getting my Sealants done by Brissa.

 It also means we don't have to go home numb every Wed after practicing getting each other numb.
We have less than 5 months to complete our 21 months of study to become RDH (That comes after passing the board exams). They are life changing 21 months. You learn so much not just academic but also professionally  as well as social as you basically almost live with your classmates. You spend almost all your days together and its especially not easy in some cases. 

I decided not to go for Board Exam Review and bought a book which I'm using to review for my exam. I also have an App that has really good questions and also relying on previous class notes to get ready for the exam which I plan to take in July. June 1st is the day to take the clinical board exam and so already placing a plan in place to find a patient who will fit clinical class 4 level patient who is required for board exams. Its not  uncommon for students to pay $100 to get the patients to come in for the screening and see who fits as an exam candidate.

I'm also looking forward to Mom-N_PA dental Mission in May which is a volunteer chance to help people in the community. Last year it was in Erie but this year it's in Reading PA. Anyone interested can register here. It was such a satisfying and life changing experience.
We have a day off on Tuesday before the start of another semester and I look forward to spend the day getting my citizenship interview done. 

Of Keystone Dental Seminar and Second year first semester.

Howdy good folks?!
     Its been a short while since I posted something here. Short while? Right!
Anyhow I hope everyone has been doing great and thanks for stopping by.
Finally made it out of second semester of hygiene school alive....kidding! Its not that bad. The oral pathology 2 was over yesterday and same for Dental pharmacology. I promise you I had fun with Dental Pharm! Same can't be said of the Oral Pathology.  But I ended up doing better in Pathology than Pharm. Happens all the time.

Last week I had a chance to attend the Pennsylvania Dental Hygiene Association Keystone Dental conference. This was held in Lancaster, PA. The 5 hour drive was no fun but the event was. I had a chance to meet a number of people who are followers of this blog. I had the chance to meet one of my mentors in this field. It was first time meeting her in person .I'm talking about Speaker and writer  Jasmin Harley. The owner of 'Beyond the Prophy LLC and another podcast called MOMgienist. You can follow and listen to the very informative podcast  here and you can check out the Beyond the prophy here. She had a talk to present so we didn't have a lot of time to talk but we had time for a quick chat and a photo.

Bottom Left,Jasmin, Kelly and I

 I didn't present my project as it was not among the top 3 that were to present from our school. Kelly and I manned the sales desk and we sold a number of things. I think Kelly is in the wrong profession. Why!Anyone who made a mistake of stopping by our sales table ended up buying something. Now, anyone who can sell candy and chocolate to Hygienists and other dental professionals can sell anything! Way to go Kells! You know with such a a talent you don't have to be trapped in the dental operatory.

Kelly and I repsentin'

 My other classmates rocked the table clinic presentations. Maria with her fluoride project, Nikki and Ashante with Electronic Cigarettes and Sara, Catherine and Laurel with their project on Hypophosphatasia

 

Nikki and Ashante rocking!

 

Maria was ready!

Catherine,Sara and Laurel were all set.

In the evening I  attending the talk hosted by the nationally acclaimed motivational speaker Linda Larsen. Very inspiring talk on "Staying the Right Side up -When everything's Upside Down". By the time for the "Get your Glow on Party" at 7PM all my classmates and left  and was already tired. I went out to see Lancaster Night life and the first Irish pub I stopped right next to where the conference was held, the first thing I saw was "Kenyan Food and Music". At first I thought someone was playing a very bad plank but on getting inside I was in for a surprise. Kids from  Kenya were performing and singing. Most of these kids are orphans and come from very poor single parent families and live in a group home called Maisha.This is Swahili word which means life. I ended up meeting a lot of people from Kenya and had a great evening of food, great talk and some great dancing to traditional Kenyan music. A lot of people from Lancaster came out to support the kids. The event was dubbed a Night fro Africa and I bought a T-shirt to show my support. You can check out their website here  and support them if you can.

 The Maisha Kids

Special thanks to our program director Mrs Dana Shaffer for working tirelessly to make the event happen and for being there with us all though to make it sure everything went on as planned. Also shout out to Kelsey and Kailee from our sister school-Fortis Scranton for being faithful followers of the blog and for finally meeting you in person! We forgot to take a picture but next time...there will be many pics!
Let me enjoy my one day break before getting back to start second semester tomorrow.
6 more months to go till done with the program! Let the count down begin. 

TODAY WAS LAST DAY OF 1ST YEAR DENTAL HYGIENE SCHOOL!!!

Feelings right now

After exactly a year since starting DH school today marked the last official day of first year. Thursday 21st of Sept 2017. Probably next year a time now I will have my board exams done and maybe looking for a job or working.

This semester has been the toughest for me in DH school so far. I have had so much going on that I barely survived getting above the cut point in Oral Pathology. Our cut off points are 75%  and for the first time I got a score below 80%.

But to look at the positive side of things, I'm done with probably the class which I consider my personal least favorite; Dental Nutrition.
So far I have been a bit lucky with my patients at the clinic with minimal cancellations. mater of fact I saw my first class IV patient this week. I'm looking forward to working on removing his stain. Also I got to see Lichen Planus in one of my patients.

I'm looking forward to doing Oral pharmacology as I have a lot of pharmacists in my family and I hope to get a lot of support and score a straight A.
Next semester the first years will be coming in...It's next week Thur by the way and I also hope to make a few of them come in for a cleaning as a way to increase my patient pool.  

Thanks for stopping by and see you next semester as we see what it brings!

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TIME?

Hello folks!
It's always a pleasure to share with you my journey in hygiene school.

Well, today was new day for last semester as first year. Until Sept  25th,well one day before my birthday, I will be a first year for the last time. We just had a long break (4 days). yes, that's a really long break for hygiene student in summer.
So far my patients have been showing up( Check previous blog posts) and see how my parents were not showing up and how frustrated I was.
So today I did my first case of arrestin...placing antibiotics into a periodontal  pocket over 5mm.
It was so much much fun
Tomorrow I get to get my first pediatric  patient. A 9 year old girl. Keep it tuned here to know how that goes.
So far getting more comfortable with the scaling but I haven't taken any radio-graphs on any of my patients yet. 
Its amazing to think that next year time like now we should be done with the whole course so keeping eyes on the price.
This semester  classes are
Oral pathology
Dental materials 2
and Clinic 2.
We also have to present for our dental Table Clinics. I will talk about my project  for clinic in another blog  post
Cheers!
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No patient for second day straight!

Well, patient showed up but was not due for adult prophy which should be every 6 months. Unfortunately I had to suffer a very bad and draining afternoon.
Hoping for better things next week before I drop out.
Joking!!
Take care