Wednesday, October 22, 2008

My first patient

Ladies and gentleman, a round of applause for Rachel! hehe.. yea.. she is my 1st patient in my dental career. she should be applaud for being brave enough to step into the clinic and put her life, ok maybe not life, mouth at risk when i, myself am still unsure of what i should do exactly.

*interruption* gonna eat a piece of strawberry chewing gum. the scent is enticing me into popping it into my mouth. hehe.

this, folks, is the gum i was talking about. not exactly my favourite flavour but it's not too bad. the good thing about Orbit gums is that they are sugarfree. and they contain xylitol! a 'tooth-friendly' sugar. hehe. it takes longer to be broken down by bacteria in the mouth as compared to normal sugar.


lemon flavoured gum.


my stock of gum. hehe. as you can see, i buy them in bulk. ^^ my favourite flavour is spearmint. boring i know. my classmate, Tiroy, comments all the time about my terrible choice of gums. i'll try to get other flavours next time ok?

*end of interruption*

anyway, rachel came in today. she was so cool about things. apart from a few "ouches" and "uhhhs!!", things went pretty well. i got to practise my scaling, which i have not done in more than 6 months. hehe. now you know why i said she is brave ^^ another thing i'm pleased about is that now i know i have steady hands! i've seen this senior of mine whose hands shake inordinately! mine hardly shaked. hehe. as her teeth were stained purple with the disclosing tablet, i had to polish and remove the stain.things went quite well. only thing is that i'm still unable to reach to the posterior teeth. practise! practise! practise! and...... I got a 4 for the session! yay! that's the highest possible score. me so proud. will be having rachel in again the week after. hopefully she'll turn up again and i didn't scare her away.


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i came home after my lab this morning and skipped the lecture in the afternoon. it's my 2nd time this week. feeling slightly guilty about it. hmm. i went to town after that to buy elin's Ralph Lauren shirt which costs a whopping EURO 135! wth! i tried on a few clothes myself but too costly to buy. cannot splurge too much now. JPA!! faster send me money!! i then came home to take a nap until it was time for YOGA!

yay! yoga class was kinda empty today. which is good. more space to stretch. hehe. but my yoga instructor is terribly nice, causing me to feel a pang of sadness at the low attendance. sigh. why am i so nice? wth.

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going to rest my mind now. my caries removal exam is tomorrow! wish me luck!

wein

3 comments:

e said...

=.= skipped class =.=

u din give rachel cert? ^^

Wein said...

uh huh.. i skipped 1 lecture ytd so i can go to lab early. today i skipped because i don't wanna wait around for the lecture to start. and i was so tired after the session. i think i will get Karpal tunnel syndrome soon!

Christine said...

yeah..congrats on ur new patient..she is pretty daring huh