Guinea Pigs

The day after meeting our buddies, our buddies worked on us in the clinic. I got my teeth scraped and flossed and polished all for free and all from my DH2 buddy. We held mirrors so that we could see what they were doing. She explained all along the way what she was doing and why she was doing it. It was a far cry from the 20 minute appointments I'm use to getting at my Dentist's office. This appointment took 2.5 hours. She did some things that I'm sure my dental office doesn't bother doing. One thing is she put a purple dye on my teeth that showed up all the areas I'm missing with the dental floss. This was not your ordinary Agent Cool Blue. This heavy stain turned even calculus purple so she had to scrape it away with a tool.
Friday is called preclinical. Its designed to teach you everything you need to know before going into the clinic. We learn about the tools and sterilization and cleaning. This class is long and hard to focus but the teacher is interesting. Her voice I find is a little loud for me in the morning. I'll either have to sit farther back or find some mild earplugs. She is a loud sharp speaker and I find those sounds piercing in the morning. On the flip side she has a great sense of humor. Her jokes wake you up so I don't really drift off that much. Its just a long 3 hours to sit there with only one break.
The best thing about Fridays is that we are done at 11:30. Then its back to the apartment for a quick bite before I hit the open highway and make my way back to Fredericton. I arrive at the house just before my son's bus arrives so its perfect.
Next week we will be working on "Dexter." I think it will be a little disconcerting to work on a head that does not have a body to it. LOL.
Toodles until Monday.