My first clinical

[busupshot83]

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I am currently training as a dental assistant. During my first hands-on clinical experience, I was given the opportunity to floss a patient. I was surprised at how difficult it is to floss another, esepcially when their head is upside down.

Even using the suction tool and water/air spray proved difficult. It's not as easy as one may think. That's my first experience with basic dental tools. Let's hope I get better. 😎

 

[blankguy]

It sounds like playing an arcade game with your hands crossed.(Well, you know how some people do that when they are good at a game.)

I'm working selling charms for Italian Charm bracelets(heard about them?) and some people marvel at the ease I put charms in their bracelets. If anything I think I'm giving my fingers a good work out, but man they were a pain to assemble a charm bracelet. My fingers are getting way too chewed up.😡

If it ever came to the admins asking for what I did for manual dexterity, I'd tell them I wore out my fingers by overdoing it with finger exercizes

Are you allowed to move your seat around when you floss?

 

[endotom]

Hey Busup,

This is a story I told over on the Dental Forum under funny stories from dental school. You might like it.


Story #3

This is Pete Friedman again. Retorative clinic. His dental assistant was taking a practical exam. This very important exam will be graded by an observer as well as input from the student dentist. Right now he's working on an amalgam and the dental assistant has to hand him instruments and materials he needs, four hand style, without him asking for them. Out of the blue comes this Kamakazi fly and lands dead on the patient's tongue, stuck, upsidedown by the wings. This very nervous dental assisting student who can't make any mistakes is miffed. What is the proper instrument for removing a dead stuck fly from a person's tongue? Resourseful, she picks up an amalgam carrier, sticks into Pete's hands. Pete scoops the bug up with the large end and hands it back. Pete just says "That was correct."


endotom

 

[busupshot83]

Originally posted by blankguy


Are you allowed to move your seat around when you floss?

yes, i can move my seat around... but i still can't find a comfortable position to get "into" things

 

[busupshot83]

Originally posted by endotom
Hey Busup,

This is a story I told over on the Dental Forum under funny stories from dental school. You might like it.


Story #3

This is Pete Friedman again. Retorative clinic. His dental assistant was taking a practical exam. This very important exam will be graded by an observer as well as input from the student dentist. Right now he's working on an amalgam and the dental assistant has to hand him instruments and materials he needs, four hand style, without him asking for them. Out of the blue comes this Kamakazi fly and lands dead on the patient's tongue, stuck, upsidedown by the wings. This very nervous dental assisting student who can't make any mistakes is miffed. What is the proper instrument for removing a dead stuck fly from a person's tongue? Resourseful, she picks up an amalgam carrier, sticks into Pete's hands. Pete scoops the bug up with the large end and hands it back. Pete just says "That was correct."


endotom

haha